How Can Spam Be Reported?
Unfortunately, most email addresses receive a large volume of spam. In general, the best defense against spam is to take advantage of the spam detection system and automatically filter the email into a spam folder. However, it may be appropriate to report some spam by taking the following steps: • Don’t assume that the From: address is correct. In most spam email this is a bogus or forged address. Sending email to that address will only cause it to be bounced or get to someone who was also a victim of the spam. This is particularly true of spam generated by a virus. • To determine an appropriate address to forward the spam to, you must first get the full email headers. Go to IT FAQs page and search for “header” and your email program name (e.g., Eudora) for more information about expanding headers. • The address of the originating site will normally be in the bottom “Received” line. It may look something like this: Received: from onepc.fastconnect.com(onepc.fastconnect.com [10.10.140.3
