Policy Regarding Incoming Mail

Mail intended for someone in the School may be rejected by our mailer for any of the following reasons:

Windows executables
Mail containing executable code will be rejected. This includes script as well as binary files. This restriction helps to limit the spread of email viruses.

Size limits
Currently mail with a size greater than 5MB will be rejected. Email is not a suitable mechanism for transporting large files, and few mailers will be set up with this kind of transfer in mind.

Spam
Mail from sites or people considered sources of spam may be rejected or flagged in such a way as to make it easy for mail clients to filter out.

Relaying
We do not allow relaying from unauthorised sources.

Malicious mail
Any mail exploiting vulnerabilities in mail clients will be rejected.

If you want to email a file to someone, we recommend that you use the UoW dead-letter drop. You should first send a separate email to the intended recipient so that the file is expected.

If the dead-letter drop is not suitable, please contact the intended recipient and arrange transfer using some other mechanism such as HTTP or FTP.

If you have any inquiries regarding incoming mail policy please contact help@scms.waikato.ac.nz