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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I had a look back in my emails and found this in relation to unsolicited emails</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> dated May 2005</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Perhaps it would be worth contacting the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tec</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">hnology Division if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> you are being inundated by these emails especially if they are of a pornographic nature.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jan Hastings</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Business Manager</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Rowville Primary School</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Sent:</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Friday, 20 May 2005 9:23 AM<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Subject:</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Unsolicited Emails - Information Technology Update (2005/23)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This message is being sent to all Edumail users.</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Unsolicited Emails</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Information Technology Update (2005/23)</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Recently, EduMail users may have received a number of unsolicited spam emails with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">German subject lines. These emails contain links to Web sites with racist or extremist political content.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This particular wave of spam has been caused by a mass mailer virus. Receipt of such messages does not mean that your computer is infected with a virus.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In response, a number of the known subject lines being generated by the virus have been blocked on the EduMail mail system.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Staff are reminded</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> that the most appropriate course of action for all unsolicited email is to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">delete it</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Check that your Anti-Virus software is running and up-to-date. Double click on the Symantec gold shield in the bottom right hand corner of your Windows desktop. The virus definitions should never be older than 8 days. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Do NOT click on any links in these emails – doing so could install or activate damaging software that could be used to launch virus attacks, steal passwords, damage files on your computer.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Do NOT reply or respond to unsolicited emails – doing so confirms your email address to the sender and will result in more of these types of emails.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Do NOT attempt to opt-out or unsubscribe to unsolicited email as this too only authenticates your email address.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Erle Bourke</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">General Manager</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Information Technology Division</FONT></SPAN></P>
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