UCD connect-can you block messages

gubbie

I'm getting good and frustrated with my UCD connect email account due to all the junk mail I get sent. I get sent about 5 junk email messages a day and its driving me bananas. So here's my question: How do I get rid? Is there any way you can block the messages because I haven't found anything like

passive

anything like... ? =/

aequinoctium

there is probably a link at the bottom of each email to unsubscribe or whatever.

Dr Strange

gubbie wrote:

I'm getting good and frustrated with my UCD connect email account due to all the junk mail I get sent. I get sent about 5 junk email messages a day and its driving me bananas. So here's my question: How do I get rid? Is there any way you can block the messages because I haven't found anything like

Log into UCD Connect...look up IT Services beside My Courses, My Library etc...Click on it. Look on the left side and scroll down until you see "Puremessage". Subscribe to it. Now all spam messages and possible spam messages will be filtered and put into one collective email. You can either decide to read them in the collect email or just delete it as a whole. Works fine.

Best,
Preusse

gubbie

OK now I can't even find that

Dr Strange

gubbie wrote:

OK now I can't even find that

Can you see your "Your Courses", "Your Library" etc. options on top when you log into UCD Connect? The "IT Services" option should be there next to it.

Red Alert

Never click the 'unsubscribe' on spam - all that does is confirm your address is valid and the spammer can sell that to other spammers!

UCD has a thing called Pure Message but I think that it is only available to staff. (Spam Assassin would have cost them nothing, and they'd have been able to deploy it to everyone!)

Your best bet might be to use Thunderbird or MS Outlook as both of these have good spam filters built in - the catch is that you have to be using them on the wired network!

griffdaddy

my ucdconnect mail account was spam free for all of first and second year, now i keep getting emails about receiving postcards from friends, really starting to piss me off, cause it used to be that any emails i got in my UCD account were good ones

Dr Strange

Red Alert wrote:

...UCD has a thing called Pure Message but I think that it is only available to staff...

Oops, that's probably why you, gubbie, can't find it in your Connect site. Sorry about that.

Red Alert

Yep. Just checked my student account and there's no PureMessage for people who aren't staff or postgrads.

Chakar

Yeah there's sure a lot of spam email from the 'United States Medical Association'.

Zamboni

Chakar wrote:

Yeah there's sure a lot of spam email from the 'United States Medical Association'.

At least I am not alone.

Very annoying.

Red Alert

Not as bad as viagra or cialis - the spammers must think everybody is crap in bed

gubbie

Red Alert wrote:

Never click the 'unsubscribe' on spam - all that does is confirm your address is valid and the spammer can sell that to other spammers!

UCD has a thing called Pure Message but I think that it is only available to staff. (Spam Assassin would have cost them nothing, and they'd have been able to deploy it to everyone!)

Your best bet might be to use Thunderbird or MS Outlook as both of these have good spam filters built in - the catch is that you have to be using them on the wired network!

I'm just gonna come find you in the eng block. That always works