Information Technology
June
5, 2009
Staff - Faculty –
For Your Information – No Action is required
As we continue to battle
spam and phishing attacks, we continue to tune in our technical filters to
help reduce the number of inappropriate emails, but we also need to better
inform all of you when the filters detect potential spam.
To that
end, we have just installed another email filter. You will start to see some
information tagged to both the subject line AND the body of the email. The
information we have added is meant to better inform you when particular
emails could be a phishing or spam attack. Keep in mind,
not every tagged email is an attack,
so you need to review the sender and reply to information so you can
determine if the email is legitimate.
We have setup 3 Types of message tagging:
Type 1:
Suspected Spam with Warning Filter
Type 2:
Spam Filter –
Note that [Spam] has been added to the Subject line only, indicating that
the message appears to be spam. Review the contents carefully.
Subject: [Spam] Dinner at Taco Bell -
please respond today
Type 3:
Suspected Spam
Filter – Note that [Suspected Spam] has been added to the Subject line
only, indicating that the message is suspected to be spam. Review the
contents carefully.
Subject: [Suspected Spam] Simplify Your Life
With Free Web Services
Again, if you don't know who is sending to you,
and/or you aren't expecting an email from that sender, then simply delete
it.
As always, feel free to contact us at
218-477-2603 or support@mnstate.edu
Thanks,
Dan Heckaman, MBA
CIO
Minnesota State University Moorhead
218-477-2300
1104 7th
Avenue
South + Moorhead, Minnesota 56563
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www.mnstate.edu
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