I am using the Guest Access – Why can I use my copy of Outlook/Outlook Express/Eudora/Pegasus Email/etc to send email from my laptop while Im connected to the Librarys WiFi network?
Guest access does not allow any form of POP3 (receiving email) or SMTP (sending email) by the wireless connection – this is the same restrictions we have on our wired Public Access PC Workstations. Brevard County Library Card holders CAN use their email clients to send and receive email – of course if we receive reports of abuse we can and will deny access to the wireless system for anyone abusing the privilege! Please see our Patron Wireless Connectivity Policy for further information on the ramifications of abusing the services provided! We use network traffic monitoring hardware to watch for email abuse. This hardware will flag excessive outgoing SMTP email and alert us to the event. By using the IP address of the wireless access system we are able to determine which library the abuse is coming from and we can then determine which active session is/was causing the abuse. From this information we can determine the actual MAC address of the offending machine and place the MAC address
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