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That would be something I would do as well, however since this is a work email, it's managed by a third-party, outside my direct control; we do have a way to re
by sebastien_b 5y ago
That would be something I would do as well, however since this is a work email, it's managed by a third-party, outside my direct control; we do have a way to report (forwarding) spam email, but I think that is also limited.
As I mentioned, I only get a few a week, and they usually fall into 1 of two categories:
- newsletter/promotional events type emails; they're not typical phishing/spam emails (like specific keywords, bad grammar, weird URLs, etc.), and so they look 'legitimate' and the headers usually indicate they have a 'low' spam score, so that's why they make it through. One such persistent spammer is "HRTrainOnline", for which SC reports go nowhere right now.
- recruiter emails; again, they don't get flagged as typical spam. Usually for these I stop getting emails from repeat offenders after ignoring them long enough, or after enough SC reports[1].
Because these don't score as 'spam' so much (but they are spam, since they're unsolicited/unwanted repeat emails), they keep getting by whatever filter our reports are feeding.
As to the reason I use SC for reporting them: I want the upstream service(s) (ie. emailing services, etc.) to be made aware they have users that aren't following the law/best practices/their TOS, and take action against them.
[1] there's one persistent Facebook recruiter that just kept emailing despite being ignored and reported through SC for months; finally on yet another email (following one promising they were "emailing one last time") I lashed out making it clear I had no intention of ever considering working at FB, WTH they even got the idea I would want to, and that they must be a really poor recruiter for resorting to pestering people to get responses.
- gregjor 5y agoSet up filters on the sender or subject line. Since it’s happening on work time you’re getting paid for your wasted time dealing with spam. Seems like a very minor problem.