To: All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Mike Corn" <mcorn@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: securitysupport@uiuc.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Invitation to activate CITES Spam Control

CITES is pleased to invite you to sign up for CITES Spam Control.
Responding to concerns about the amount of junk email received on campus,
CITES has installed a state-of-the-art anti-spam system to combat the spam
problem.

You can sign up for CITES Spam Control (CSC) by visiting

 https://spam-control.cites.uiuc.edu/index.html
 
and clicking on "Sign Up". Once you have signed in using your NetID you can
activate CSC for your email account. The signup process is simple and CSC
does not require you to install any software or remember any passwords.

CITES Spam Control gives you a number of options for controlling how spam
is handled. Each email that is received is given a spam score ranging from
0 (definitely not spam) to 100 (definitely spam). The scores allow you to
customize which messages are received, which messages are sent to a
viewable quarantine and which messages are immediately deleted.

You will also be able to create permanent block lists to keep e-mail from
certain addresses out of your inbox. Also, you will be able to create
permanent safe lists to make sure e-mails from a particular address are
always delivered. While CITES Spam Control cannot stop every piece of spam,
CSC will significantly reduce the amount of spam you receive.

Getting Started with CITES Spam Control

We recommend that you begin by visiting the CSC web site at

 http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/antispam/

and review the information there which gives an overview of how CSC works,
and how you customize it. Next, click on the 'Getting Started' link or sign
up for CSC directly at

 https://spam-control.cites.uiuc.edu/index.html

CSC immediately begins working to reduce the amount of spam delivered to
your inbox. Please note that you may sign up for CSC at anytime; if you
find the end of the semester hectic and too stressful a time simply wait
until later in the year and sign up at your convience. Free 45 minute
training courses are available. For information and to register please see
the following URL

 http://training.cites.uiuc.edu/spam/default.htm
 
In addition CITES staff will be available to assist with sign up and to
answer questions on CITES Spam Control at Cites Computer Security Day on
April 28th from 10am - 3pm in room C of the Illini Union.

If you need help at anytime as always feel free to contact the CITES Help
Desk at

 http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/help/

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Mike Corn
Director, Security Services and Information Privacy
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(217) 265-0588
mcorn@uiuc.eduThis mailing approved by:
The Office of the Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

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