Sure, As a large University Faculty equivalent, we have a lot of desktops but never enough to satisfy all our students needs. Our solution was to create specific email labs or kiosks and then block web-based email sites on the remaining hosts during core-hours.
The actual blocking practice is fairly simple - we use private IP's for all workstations and force proxying for non-local traffic. We use Squid running on a Unix box and have a fairly extensive ACL list. The ACL list is a mixture of URL_REGEX matching, specific sites and IP based restrictions. We also force authentication on some address ranges. We have been doing this now for about 2 years. The number of complaints from students about there never being enough workstations because other people are doing email have dropped right saway so we believe it to be working reasonably well. Cheers, Andrew > I know this is an emotional issue for many, but I was wondering... > > 1. Does anyone block web-based email? > 2. If so, what justifications have you used? > 3. If so, how long has this been a practice - and do you feel as > though you were successful? > > TIA, > JLP -- Andrew Bennett Library Technology Service The University of Queensland Library email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-7-33656722 Fax: +61-7-33657930
