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====== How to prevent email being spoofed? ====== | ====== How to prevent email being spoofed? ====== | ||
- | Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cybercriminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, proving them your personal information for fraudulent purposes, and more. | + | Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cyber-criminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, proving them your personal information for fraudulent purposes, and more. |
While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: | While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: | ||
- | * Set the "Allow spoof email" settings to **No** in your SMTP Settings. You can find this settings by logging in to your webmail as the Avomaster or voadmin, then go to Profile > Admin > SMTP settings. Remember to press **Update** once you have done setting. | + | * Set the "Allow spoof email" settings to **No** in your SMTP Settings. You can find this settings by logging in to your webmail as the Avomaster or voadmin, then go to **(1)Profile |
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* Change your password frequently; use strong password that is difficult to guess. Refer to the link here to [[https:// | * Change your password frequently; use strong password that is difficult to guess. Refer to the link here to [[https:// | ||
* Run full virus scans on your computer **at least** once a week. | * Run full virus scans on your computer **at least** once a week. |