Barracuda spam appliances are our front line of defense against spam. The mail that passes through the Barracuda filtering then goes through Exchange Internet Messaging filters and McAfee’s Groupshield. The charts below show current statistics from the Barracuda. In addition to the Barracuda blocked messages, another 3000 or so are blocked daily by the IMF and Groupshield.

Spam Statistics

The statistic charts can only be viewed from campus computers.

Hourly Mail Statistics

Allowed Allowed: Tagged Quarantined Blocked: Virus Blocked: Spam Blocked: Bad Recipient Rate Controlled

Daily Mail Statistics

Allowed Allowed: Tagged Quarantined Blocked: Virus Blocked: Spam Blocked: Bad Recipient Rate Controlled

Legitimate emails will never request a person’s netid or password
Never SEND out your netid or password

UIS does not accept email where the Sender begins with:  nobody@

If you or someone trying to send to you receives a Sender denied undeliverable message please check to see if the sender is ‘nobody’.

• Here are two examples of phishing spam.   Phishing spam tries to get you to send information.
• This is an example of spam with imbedded links.  This spam is trying to get you to go to a site that will download malware onto your computer.

McAfee Tips on Spam

• Never respond to spam. If you reply, even to request
  removing your e-mail address from the mailing list, you
  are confirming that your e-mail address is valid and the
  spam has been successfully delivered to your inbox, not
  filtered by a spam filter, that you opened the message,
  read the contents, and responded to the spammer. Lists
  of confirmed e-mail addresses are more valuable to
  spammers than unconfirmed lists, and they are frequently
  bought and sold by spammers.
• Do not open spam messages wherever possible. Frequently
  spam messages include “Web beacons” enabling the
  spammer to determine how many, or which e-mail addresses
  have received and opened the message. Or use an e-mail
  client that does not automatically load remote graphic
  images, such as the most recent versions of Microsoft®
  Outlook® and Mozilla Thunderbird.
• Do not click on the links in spam messages, including
  unsubscribe links. These frequently contain a code that
  identifies the e-mail address of the recipient, and can
  confirm the spam has been delivered and that you
  responded.
• Never buy any goods from spammers. The spammers rely on
  very small percentages of people responding to spam and
  buying goods. If spamming becomes unprofitable and takes
  lots of effort for little return, spammers have less
  incentive to continue spamming. Would you risk giving
  your credit card details to an unknown, unreputable
  source?
• Make sure that your anti-virus software is up to date.
  Many viruses and Trojans scan the hard disk for e-mail
  addresses to send spam and viruses. Avoid spamming your
  colleagues by keeping your anti-virus software up to
  date.
• Do not respond to e-mail requests to validate or confirm
  any of your account details. Your bank, credit card
  company, eBay, Paypal, etc., already have your account
  details, so would not need you to validate them. If you
  are unsure if a request for personal information from a
  company is legitimate, contact the company directly or
  type the Web site URL directly into your browser. Do
  not
  click on the links in the e-mail, as they may be fake
  links to phishing Web sites.
• Do not click on unusual links. Confirm the sender did
  send the e-mail if it looks suspicious.
• Never give out your login details to anyone.

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