Thursday, August 25, 2011

A Letter to Bryn Mawr about their spam filter

Dear Bryn Mawr,

I think it's great you have such a strict spam filter. I know the Nigerian princes are disappointed that they can't get in touch with me, but I get too much email as it is and I don't need all the warnings about my inbox being full.

That said, it'd probably be best if the emails from the Student Health Division about enrolling in the mandatory health insurance DIDN'T get stopped by the filter. When those get stopped, it means I don't see them for a week... Yes, I saw it well before the deadline, but it was still worrying.

It was also worrying because the text in the email was a little weird (lots of ? in random places, as though it had been fed through a bad translator...) and it didn't come from a Bryn Mawr email address.

Let's just say I was very careful to go to the Bryn Mawr Health Center page by typing in my browser, not the link in the email....

I get that we have had some problems with email scams and things and I could tell when you strengthened the spam filter. But emails from school should get through the filter....

Sincerely,
Wendy

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