U.S. State Department E-Mail Crippled by 'Reply to All'
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Last week, the OpenNet e-mail system for the State Department suffered a Denial of Service attack . . . perpetrated by its own employees. The Washington Post notes that the problem is so severe, that a warning has been sent which threatens "disciplinary actions for using the Reply to All" indiscriminately in all e-mails.
I'm trusting that many administrators would have a list of Do Not Do These Things, which could be added to the State Department warning: repeatedly sending attachments, back and forth; never culling out the in-box; never deleting mail, and because users work hard to avoid processing their e-mail, the list goes on towards ad absurdum.
My professional recommendation would be to send everyone a copy of David Allen's Getting Things Done.
Technorati Tags: GTD, Getting Things Done, OpenNet
Last week, the OpenNet e-mail system for the State Department suffered a Denial of Service attack . . . perpetrated by its own employees. The Washington Post notes that the problem is so severe, that a warning has been sent which threatens "disciplinary actions for using the Reply to All" indiscriminately in all e-mails.
I'm trusting that many administrators would have a list of Do Not Do These Things, which could be added to the State Department warning: repeatedly sending attachments, back and forth; never culling out the in-box; never deleting mail, and because users work hard to avoid processing their e-mail, the list goes on towards ad absurdum.
My professional recommendation would be to send everyone a copy of David Allen's Getting Things Done.
Technorati Tags: GTD, Getting Things Done, OpenNet
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Comments
While the article doesn't elaborate about "OpenNet" This is another US Government implimentation of Exchange/Outlook.
Posted by Alex At 06:27:13 AM On 01/12/2009 | - Website - |
A cable????
Posted by Richard Schwartz At 03:53:48 AM On 01/12/2009 | - Website - |