How will I know that an e-mail message is an authentic, official University communication?
We strongly encourage you to evaluate the contents of every communication before taking any irrevocable actions. E-mail in many cases is not automatically verifiable, but this is no different from a phone call or a letter. So if the contents seem unusual, we recommend you take additional steps to verify the correspondence. E-mail that is sent via group mail contains a digital signature that allows recipients to verify that the message they are reading is not a forgery. To determine the authenticity of such a message, please see check the Digital Signatures page.
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