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Friday, September 1, 2006

Have You Missed Us?

If you have been wondering why NSGIC never sends you those friendly little "PITA" e-mails anymore, don't feel left out. It may be the case that your network filtering system is configured in such a way that it is blocking e-mail that NSGIC really wanted you to see.

We've noticed lately that some NSGIC e-mails have been thwarted by improvements to some folks' e-mail security systems. E-mails with links to SurveyMonkey, for example, have been blocked by many state systems. Some systems have also identified e-mails with attachments -- PDFs, WORD Documents, ZIPPED files -- as potential threats. We understand some systems have even decided that NSGIC ListServ e-mails should be blocked. (Shocking, we know.)

While we can't blame our IT professionals for their efforts to protect the networks on which we depend, it has been a problem trying to get word out about big issues in a timely way.

So. If you have noted a lack of NSGIC chatter lately, please send a note to Fred Stringfellow and let him know. Maybe, working together, we can find all the kinks in the internet e-mail info-tube straighten things out.

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