1. WVDE Coordinator for Email / Filtering
TSS Training
John Miller
WVDE Coordinator for / Filtering
Bridgeport, WV
April 7, 2011
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2. Office of Instructional Technology
Everyone must agree to adhere to policy 2460 – acceptable use
All students and educators must complete application forms
Educator forms are mailed to WVDE / student forms are kept on file at school / county
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Request accounts / make changes
Lookup accounts
Webmail Interface
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Oulook Settings
POP3 / IMAP: access.k12.wv.us
SMTP: smtp.k12.wv.us (always inside intranet)
SMTPA: smtpa.k12.wv.us (outside of intranet)
Same authentication as incoming mail
Port 587 (instead of default 25)
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Storage limitations – 200MB per user
IMAP and Webmail
Graphics, sent mail, trash
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Upcoming Change
All student accounts aligned to WVEIS IDs
Search by name or ID on 1026 Site
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password security
Never give away your password, even if someone asks you really nicely
Phishing / scam example
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Spam / abuse reports
Abuse complaints are traced to a local IP address
The responsible county / school is informed of the abuse
Remove the computer from the network until it has been scanned / fixed
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Filtering
Filtering locations
Morgantown / Charleston
What is filtered
E-Rate, CIPA, COPPA
Pornography, Profanity and
material which may be harmful to minors
Requesting blocking / unblocking
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10. YouTube Request (Webtop)
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Filtering
Local Filtering (Cymphonix and others)
Overlapping blocking
Copied deny page
Offline Client
Same filtering as inside intranet
Investigator Accounts
Bypass WVDE blocked sites like Facebook and Youtube
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12. Office of Instructional Technology
Contact Info
John Miller –
/ spam –
Filtering –
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