Alice101

Thanks - yes, I am considering this and am trying to gain some technical knowledge first.

I called RM themselves but no one can talk to me because I don't have a support contract! I explained my problem but there was nothing to be done.

Sadly, I have tried that and failed.

Many thanks indeed.

Oh dear : I meant to say 'that thread too'.

Thanks - I started that threat too!

I just checked the home-school agreement (secondary school) and there is no reference to emails specifically and to whom then can/cannot be sent.

Thanks for last post ... I don't understand much of it but, yes, I want to know whether it's possible to restrict a pupil to webmail only. Sounds as tho it is with that extra, er, stuff/software.

No - from another computer : I don't know how it was done. It was well over 2 yrs ago and the school ban is still running. The strange thing, to me, is that the child is now allowed to access the school email from their own home computer - because the school is so inconvenienced by the ban. If it's ok to do this from home, why is it unsafe to do it within school? Is there any difference?

The problem started when some spam emails were sent to the school from an external machine. The content was harmless. The school fears that if the child has access to its email via its website they will be able to get further into the system.

Thanks - I know very little about computers and don't understand a lot of what's in the above posts! However, there does seem to be general agreement that it's a secure system.

No, I am a parent of a child who has been banned from using the school computer system because they think the child might be able to hack it, although they have never done so in the past. I am trying to find out, therefore, how secure the system is so that I can try to persuade the school to change its mind. Many thanks for all the posts.

Thanks. The issue is this: a pupil needs access to school email which is on the school's website. There is concern that once the pupil was given access to the website s/he might access other websites. There is also concern s/he might be able to access the school's own system.

Does anyone know the general security of RMCC3. How easy is it for a pupil to hack into such a system? I have been told it is very difficult - is that right?

Is it possible for the admin to allow a user on RMCC3 to access one specific website only? I don't mean blocking every other website out there because that would be ridiculous, I mean only allowing the user to access one specified website while being blocked from the others.