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 Note that [Suspected Spam] has been added to the Subject line and a warning message is added to the top of the email message. Review the contents carefully.


Sample of Suspected Spam with Warning









Type 2: Spam FilterNote 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

 

 

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