Category: Email

Accounts and Passwords, Email, Faculty/Staff, Students

Mail Server Upgrade

Robin Jacobsen

The mail server upgrade has been completed and ITS is working on two remaining issues: Some people are having problems sending email from off campus when using an email client such as; Eudora, Outlook or Thunderbird. If you are having a problem with outgoing messages please use Swatmail, our web interface for sending and receiving email. Also, a few people have reported password problems, ITS is working with a vendor to restore our self-service password changing tool. Continue reading Mail Server Upgrade

Accounts and Passwords, Email, Security

Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union Phishing Emails

Nick

On occasion, Swarthmore College email users are subjected to focused phishing attacks appearing to originate from the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. Phishing involves sending a bogus email, appearing to originate from a legitimate source, which attempts to get the recipient to click on a malicious URL. Phishing emails typically try to steal a user’s logon credentials, or other private information, by getting them to enter information into a malicious site that can look exactly like the authentic site. These emails rely on social engineering to mislead, cause panic, and/or coerce the user into thinking the email is legitimate. According … Continue reading Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union Phishing Emails