Dear Missionaries,
This morning, we had a missionary reach out and ask us to block a specific sender from being able to send emails to him. We were able to help him, but I don’t envy you. Your email addresses are posted all over the internet, daring scammers the world over to take a crack at you. We, the IT Department, take your security very seriously. This list does not include everything, but here are some options for reducing your spam load:
1. Attempt to allow only one address to be posted on the internet. Having to manage rules or spam on one account is hard enough; don’t double your workload if you can help it.
2. Do not use any publicly posted email accounts for personal or financial matters, such as personal retirement accounts, banking, etc. Be very select on who you give this email to.
3. Every email account brand has an abuse@_____ that you can forward emails to report them. Forward the whole email from example@gmail.com to abuse@gmail.com, and example@icloud.com to abuse@icloud.com, etc.
4. Many of the scam emails you receive are being received by other missionaries. Please forward them to the office so we can block them for everyone.
5. In Office 365, you can manage your own personal allow and block list. The steps are circled in the picture below:
