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handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam [2017/02/10 09:58] – Rearrange content. Split instructions on forwarding with headers into a separate guide. abrashearhandling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam [2017/02/10 12:10] – [Unsubscribing from marketing messages] Grammar 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's do not always have good intentions. When reading email, you should always question the sender's intentions. This article serves as a guide on email safety.+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's do not always have good intentions. Even if the message appears to be from someone you trust, you should always question the sender's intentions. 
  
 ===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? ===== ===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? =====
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   * You have never dealt with the company directly.   * You have never dealt with the company directly.
-  * If you cannot find a way to unsubscribe. +  * You cannot find a way to unsubscribe. 
-  * If you unsubscribe from a company's mailings and continue to receive them.+  * You unsubscribe from a company's mailings and continue to receive them.
  
 Read the message and search for an //unsubscribe// or //update subscription// link—usually at the bottom of the mail. Visiting that link will allow you to opt out of future mailings from that company. Read the message and search for an //unsubscribe// or //update subscription// link—usually at the bottom of the mail. Visiting that link will allow you to opt out of future mailings from that company.
handling_suspicious_email_messages_and_spam.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/01 14:35 by abrashear