'Graymail' is generally characterized by newsletters, sales pitches, and stuff trying to pass as legitimate marketing. The email message appears to come from a trusted source, such as your bank, and often includes the actual business logo and an apparently legitimate reply address.įor more information about how to identify phishing email messages and how to protect yourself from them, see Email and web scams: How to help protect yourself. Phishing is a specific kind of junk email that's used to obtain private information for use in identity theft and other scams. Most junk email will be blocked by the email server that hosts your account. It can strain networks, clog email servers, and fill mailboxes with unwanted and possibly offensive messages and images. Junk email, also known as spam, is unsolicited email, usually commercial. How can I prevent getting spam and/or graymail?.What can I do with spam messages in my 'Inbox' folder?.What can I do with messages in my 'Junk Email' folder?.How do messages get identified as junk email/spam?.Please refer to our Office 365 (Outlook on the web | Outlook for Windows/MacOS) - Using Inbox Rules document. All rules/filters should be created in Outlook on the web.

For UW-Madison users, many clients will have local junk mail filtering disabled entirely. Office 365 Team Junk Mail Filtering Recommendation: It is the recommendation of the Office 365 team for users to disable all local client (Outlook, Apple Mail, etc.) automated junk mail filters and local client rules/filters in Office 365.

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