Comment Not completely true... (Score 1) 299
The only thing turned off is essentially all outside connections to the internet, internal email within the DOI still works.
My father works for the Fish & Wildlife Service and he says these stints without email are some of his most productive times.
Imagine how much spam he's NOT getting :-)
On a funny note, the first time they shut him off they only blocked heavily used ports (http/pop/smtp, etc.) but they left open ports for things like AIM etc. So for a few weeks we chatted using AIM despite the fact that he couldn't surf the web. Eventually they got wise and blocked all ports to the outside.
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My father works for the Fish & Wildlife Service and he says these stints without email are some of his most productive times.
Imagine how much spam he's NOT getting
On a funny note, the first time they shut him off they only blocked heavily used ports (http/pop/smtp, etc.) but they left open ports for things like AIM etc. So for a few weeks we chatted using AIM despite the fact that he couldn't surf the web. Eventually they got wise and blocked all ports to the outside.
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