An e-mail I received has [UTEXAS: SUSPECTED SPAM] in the subject line
The university has a complex system to defend against spam and phishing attacks. If ITS can positively identify a message as spam, the spam defense system automatically blocks it so it doesn’t clutter your inbox.
Sometimes messages look like spam but are not. To prevent accidentally blocking something that’s important to you, suspicious messages are marked with [UTEXAS: SUSPECTED SPAM] in the subject line. The following message is also included before the original e-mail text:
WARNING: The University of Texas at Austin spam defense system
has flagged the following message as suspicious. If the message asks
you for a username and/or password, such as your UT EID or your
Webmail login, DO NOT respond to the message. The university will
NEVER ask for your username or password in an e-mail message. If
you have sent your username or password in response to this message
or a message like it, contact the ITS Help Desk immediately at 512-475-9400.
If the message is in fact spam, DO NOT respond. ITS recommends reporting the spam (if possible) and then deleting it. You should also create filters in your e-mail client to further reduce the amount of spam you receive.
For more information, refer to the following article:
