Spam

Tips to safe guard yourself from spammers

We all know that spam is inevitable. But here are a few tips from the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team on how to reduce spam, protect your privacy, and increase awareness:    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-007.html.

Recreating your Spam Folder

Messages detected as spam have a special string added to the beginning of the subject line {SPAM?}. If you receive emails in your Inbox with {SPAM?} on the Subject line, your Spam Folder might be missing. Your mailbox has a rule, which takes all messages with that special string and moves it from your Inbox to your Spam Folder.

 

Spam Tagging Service

The Information Technology Group runs all e-mail bound for our e-mail server through a spam tagger. This reduces the amount of spam in your Inbox. The spam will be placed in a folder in your mailbox called "Spam Folder". Spam messages in the Spam Folder will be automatically deleted once they are three days old. If you're using an IMAP client, and you do not see the spam folder, please send an e-mail to helpdesk@ias.edu and we will help you find it.

 

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