Reactivated accounts will be available for data transfer only. Additional information is available by contacting Mike Sachon at Ext. 4856. OCCS is developing a new course evaluation system, which will be distributed in August and implemented for the Fall 1999 semester. As the frequency and severity of computer e-mail abuse continues to grow, the Office of Computing and Communications Services is striving to protect the integrity of computing resources at Old Dominion University. E-mail headers, which trace the path of a message from sender to receiver, serve several purposes.
Headers help identify the true sender even if the address is spoofed.
Also, many computer viruses are spread through attachments to e-mail messages. Anyone receiving an e-mail attachment should not open that attachment unless they are absolutely certain of the sender's identity. Checking headers makes this identification easier. When we ask an Internet Service Provider or another site to help us track a user, they insist upon being provided with the headers along with the message. Investigations cannot be completed without the headers.