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A University of Rhode Island e-mail to the school's students about financial aid this week was supposed to be a one-way communication.

Instead, because of an erroneous computer setting, a student's mother sent information about the family's financial footing to to every student at the university -- some 13,000 in all -- the school newspaper, The Good 5¢ Cigar, reported today.

The Cigar reported that on Monday, URI's Enrollment Services department sent out a mass e-mail on a supposedly secure listserv. Sophomore Andrew Schicho, of Cazenovia, N.Y., forwarded the e-mail to his mother, Cindy, who clicked on "reply all." That should have given her an error message. Instead, it sent her e-mail to the whole student body.

The glitch in the system has been dealt with, and the listserv once again won't accept replies, the Cigar reported.

 Tags  New York University of Rhode Island

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