A good example of an Email Acceptable Usage Policy can be found on page 6 of a document at the TechTarget website here.
Here’s an excerpt:
Introduction
This policy covers acceptable email usage when utilizing company information systems.
NOTE: You might want to include more information here such as the purpose and reasoning behind this policy.Scope
All users of company information systems.Policy Statement
Email is intended for business purposes only. All use is subject to monitoring, and there is no right to privacy when using company equipment. No user shall at any time send or store email that contains malware, a warning about malware, unsolicited commercial email, or that is considered pornographic or adult content in nature or would otherwise offend any other user of the system.
This document is part of a larger document called The Definitive Guide to Email Management and Security by Kevin Beaver.
Other sections in the document include:
- Email Policy Development and Management
- User Awareness Training
- Storage Considerations
- Backups
- Fault Tolerance
- Email Retention
- The Problem with Retrieval
- Creating an Email Retention Policy
- Enforcing Your Policy
Here’s an archived copy of the document: Email Acceptable Use Policy
Great info! Check it out!
