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Blocks cause problems with delivery of email

Over the last month, K-Staters have experienced an increase in blocked email from K-State to several email service providers.  Typically the user will be notified immediately that the email did not go through, however in some instances you might not learn of the block for several days. NOTE: Blocked email is not delivered.

K-Staters who have their eID set to forward to an address that is being blocked are starting to be removed from K-State LISTSERV lists, which is an automatic function within the listservs. Reasons that K-State finds itself on blocked lists include: Continue reading “Blocks cause problems with delivery of email”

Phishing scams + stolen passwords = problems for everyone

Criminals seem to be working overtime in their efforts to steal eID passwords, which is no surprise since their efforts are paying dividends: Since July 18, 77 K-Staters have been tricked into giving away their eID passwords via phishing scam e-mails! The count since January 1, 2010, is 255 K-Staters!

When stolen e-mail accounts are used to send massive amounts of spam to recipients all over the world, other e-mail service providers view K-State as a source of spam and start blocking ALL e-mail from K-State by putting us on their “spam block-list.” Continue reading “Phishing scams + stolen passwords = problems for everyone”