When alumni post their e-mail address on the Web page, they publish their e-mail address not only to their friends but also to the entire world. This can result in unwanted merchandising e-mails; less-charitable people might plague them with unwanted e-mail.
We now provide alumni the option of either publishing their e-mail address to the world or requesting that the Po-Hi Web page maintainer review messages before being forwarded to them.
If an alum chooses the latter, the e-mail address will not be visible to the outside world. Instead, somebody who wants to send a message will fill out a form. After the maintainer gets around to it (usually within a couple of weeks), he will review the message and decide whether to forward the message to the alum. Mesages will be rejected if the message appears to be primarily for selling something, or if the message might offend an extremely prudish grandmother. (Actually, the maintainer is far more prudish than any grandmother.) Neither the sender nor the intended recipient will be notified of rejections.
If the maintainer approves the message, it will be sent to the alum as if it were sent by the alleged sender. The alum may choose to respond to the sender through private e-mail.
The maintainer will view all mail sent through this service. The service is not guaranteed to work: information about the address may accidentally be published, and of course some e-mails may get through even if the alum doesn't want them.
A fundamental weakness of this system is that the sender's e-mail address may be wrong. This is actually a weakness of regular e-mail, too.
The maintainer will not accept requests on how to decide what to accept.
Modify your entry on the Web page by selecting the date on your entry. Select the checkbox reading, ``Filter mail'', and submit your modification.