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View how to report phishing email from Outlook, as well as report and classify phishing, junk and not junk email
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How to Report Phishing Emails and Classify Junk / Non-Junk Emails
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How do I report phishing or spam email?
- How do I report and classify junk and non-junk email?
With Microsoft Outlook’s built-in "Report Message" option, you can automatically report phishing, spam and suspicious email to both the Minnesota State Information Security, Risk, and Compliance Team and Microsoft with the click of a button. Note: Notifying the IT Service Desk is no longer necessary.
Outlook Report Message Classification Options
- If you choose Junk, Phishing, or Not Junk, you'll have the option to send a copy of the message along with your message classification to both the Minnesota State Information Security, Risk, and Compliance Team. This information helps hone spam filtering.
- Phishing Classification
- This sends all the needed data to the Minnesota State Information Security, Risk, and Compliance Team.
- You do not need to do any additional notifications to Metropolitan State University or the department or person the email appears to be coming from.
- Junk Classification
- Messages that your Office 365 email account marks as junk are automatically moved to your Junk Email folder. However, spammers and phishing attempts are continually evolving. If you receive a junk email in your inbox, you can use the Report Message button to send the message to help improve spam filtering.
- Not Spam classification
- If you find an email in your Junk Email folder that's not spam, you can use the Report Message add-in to mark it as a legitimate email, move the message to your Inbox, and report the false positive to help improve spam filtering.
Report Message Using Outlook Desktop Client
Note: Keep in mind each version of Outlook may look slightly different.
- From Outlook desktop client you can use the Report Message button on an open or unopened email.
- Single-click on an email to select an email without opening it or from an already opened email message, from the ribbon:
- Click on Report Message > you can then select, Junk, Phishing, or Not Junk, classification.
Report Message Using Outlook Web
- From Outlook Web you can report and classify messages as, Junk, Phishing, Block, without having to open the email.
- Single-click on an email to select an email without opening it and select a classification option.
- You can also report email from the reading pane view.
- From email viewing pane click on ellipses (...) select Report Message and select a classification option.
