handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam
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handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam [2017/02/10 09:53] – [Handling Suspicious Email Messages and Spam] Clarity abrashear | handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam [2017/02/10 10:00] – Rearrange introductory content. abrashear | ||
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The two best ways to reduce the amount of unwanted email in your inbox is to report spam messages and unsubscribe from mailing lists you are not interested in. Gmail will try to automatically unsubscribe you from messages you mark as spam. | The two best ways to reduce the amount of unwanted email in your inbox is to report spam messages and unsubscribe from mailing lists you are not interested in. Gmail will try to automatically unsubscribe you from messages you mark as spam. | ||
- | The open nature of the global email system is a double-edged sword. By nature it allows any person or company to communicate with anyone else. The drawback is that sender' | + | The open nature of the global email system is a double-edged sword. By nature it allows any person or company to communicate with anyone else. The drawback is that sender' |
===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? ===== | ===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? ===== | ||
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Naturally, if you never trusted any message or opened //any// attachment, email would not be very useful. Use your best judgement and if you feel a message is unsafe, you may want to report it as a phishing or spam. Reporting spam and phishing emails is good practice, because you will help Gmail reduce the amount of unwanted messages you receive. If a message is probably safe, but you do not want to receive any more message like it you may be able to unsubscribe from marketing messages from that sender. | Naturally, if you never trusted any message or opened //any// attachment, email would not be very useful. Use your best judgement and if you feel a message is unsafe, you may want to report it as a phishing or spam. Reporting spam and phishing emails is good practice, because you will help Gmail reduce the amount of unwanted messages you receive. If a message is probably safe, but you do not want to receive any more message like it you may be able to unsubscribe from marketing messages from that sender. | ||
- | If ever you are not sure if a message is malicious or not, send the message with headers to < | + | If ever you are not sure if a message is malicious or not, [[forward_a_message_with_headers_in_gmail|send the message with headers]] to < |
- | ====== How to send a message with headers in Gmail ====== | + | |
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- | Every email has [[https:// | + | |
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- | - Open the Gmail message. | + | |
- | - Click the down arrow next to Reply, at the top right of the message pane. | + | |
- | - Select Show Original. The full headers will appear in a new window. | + | |
- | - Click **Download Original** and save the text file. | + | |
- | - Attach the text file in a new message. | + | |
- | ====== How to report a phishing email in Gmail ====== | + | |
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- | A [[https:// | + | |
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- | - Open the Gmail message. | + | |
- | - Click the down arrow next to Reply, at the top right of the message pane. | + | |
- | - Click **Report Phishing** to send a copy of the message to the Gmail Team. | + | |
====== How to report a message as spam in Gmail ====== | ====== How to report a message as spam in Gmail ====== | ||
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Read the message and search for an // | Read the message and search for an // | ||
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+ | ====== How to report a phishing email in Gmail ====== | ||
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+ | A [[https:// | ||
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+ | - Open the Gmail message. | ||
+ | - Click the down arrow next to Reply, at the top right of the message pane. | ||
+ | - Click **Report Phishing** to send a copy of the message to the Gmail Team. | ||
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handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/01 14:35 by abrashear