Hidden Internet Risks and How to Manage Them 2
Spam email is sent to you without your choice.
The number of unwanted, malicious spam emails is increasing.
Spam email
What is spam email?
In most cases, the sender collects the recipients’ email addresses or matches characters mechanically to randomly send email.
Spam email includes the following:
- Solicitation of dating/porn website
- Advertisement of a webpage
- Sales activities such as advertisement and promotion
- Solicitation of illegal software, financial-related applications such as investment and loan
- Chain mail for spreading misinformation
- Email to make your computer get infected with virus
- Email to steal your personal information
- Scam email
Email aimed to infect with viruses, steal personal information, and perform scam are especially increasing, and damage due to these types of spam is critical. This damage may even expand if you respond to spam email.
There are a lot of spam emails which fake the recipient or sender
Spam email faking the recipient’s address (To:)
- “I received an email addressed to another person.”
- “I am informed that someone has received an email addressed to me.”
These are spam emails faking the recipient (To:).
Email has a function called Carbon Copy (CC) which sends a copy, and Black Carbon Copy (BCC) which masks the recipient’s address. The recipient’s address will not be shown in the address field (To:) if this BCC function is used.
If the recipient’s address is not your address, and the content is a direct email (DM), the email is sent using BCC. It is not sent to you mistakenly.
Spam email faking the sender (From:)
- “The sender’s address (From:) of the email I received is my own email address.”
- “Someone received a spam email which was sent from my email address.”
These are faking the sender (From:).
These emails may be sent from a third person who impersonates you.
The best way is to ignore this type of spam email. Do not access the address (URL) written in the email nor reply to it. Make sure to delete it. If you frequently receive this type of spam email, use a service such as Spam Filtering Service and set your filters/blocked addresses.
How to manage spam email
How to manage spam email
This section explains how to manage spam email.
The best way to manage spam email is not to receive them as much as possible.
The steps to block spam email are as follows.
If you receive a spam email, ignore it.
Filter spam email by using the Spam Filtering Service
You can filter spam email sent to your Asahi Net email address by using the Spam Filtering Service, a free optional service.
We recommend using the service to improve your internet experience by filtering incoming spam email.
Block all email with Reject Email Sent to Default Addresses Service
You can block all email sent to your Asahi Net ID (ID@asahi-net.or.jp) by setting up the Reject Email Sent to Default Addresses Service.
Spam email measures provided by Asahi Net
Asahi Net believes spam email is malicious for the healthy development of internet community, and actively taking measures to block spam email so that everyone feels safe and comfortable using the internet.
Reference:
Unsolicited Bulk Email Policy
Where to contact when you are still having problems
If your problem has not solved even after setting the above-mentioned Spam Filtering Service and Reject Email Sent to Default Addresses Service, please contact Asahi Net English Customer Support.
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