September 21, 2007
To all Students, Faculty and Staff:
You are receiving this message because Purdue University is testing the delivery of e-mail as a communication device during campus emergencies. The test of the e-mail delivery system will take place at 11:25 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, simultaneously with the previously scheduled test of the University's emergency text messaging system.
All members of the West Lafayette campus community with a purdue.edu e-mail address will receive the test e-mail.
Monday's e-mail will originate from the address "securepurdue@purdue.edu." The test email will read: "This is a TEST of the Purdue emergency notification system. In a real emergency, check www.purdue.edu for details. Please reply to confirm receipt."
As soon you receive the e-mail message, you are strongly encouraged to reply to it with any sort of message, such as "OK," or "received." You are encouraged to reply to the message even if you do not read it right away or do not receive it around the actual test time. You will send your reply to securepurdue@purdue.edu. The University may not respond to individual reply messages but is collecting the response times to evaluate the speed of e-mail delivery.
The response to the test message is very important. First, your response allows Purdue to accurately measure the delivery time of the message. Second, your response also will create the increased "noise" in the communications system that would be present in the event of an actual emergency. Based on the results of this test, Purdue will have reliable data to consider in evaluating its emergency communication options.
After the test is concluded, you may respond to the e-mail with any additional information you would like to share about the test. In addition, if you did not receive the test message at the appointed time, we ask you to notify us by responding to this e-mail. If you receive anything different from what is described in this letter, please check the Purdue homepage (https://www.purdue.edu) for any updates.
Purdue University thanks you for participating in the test of its emergency communication systems. Your participation will help Purdue University evaluate the best options for keeping members of the campus community safe in the event of an emergency.
Sincerely,
Scott L. Ksander
Executive Director IT Networks Security
Purdue University Chief Information Security Officer
ksander@purdue.edu
Telephone: 765-496-8289
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