Setting up a rule to automatically detect UW System Phishing Emails
Setting up a rule to automatically detect UW System Phishing Emails
- Open Outlook and, under the Home tab, click on the Rules button in the Move area.
- Click Create Rule…
- Click on the Advanced Options…button
- Scroll down to the option that says with specific words in the message header and check the box.
- In the Step 2: window, click on the specific words link
- In the top box, type in X-Phish and then click Add. Your search list should say “X-Phish”. Click OK to close the window.
- Back on the Rules Wizard screen click Next.
- Now you have a choice as to what to do with the message:
- To assign it to a Phish category I select the assign it to the category category. Then, in the Step 2 window, I click on the category link to assign it to a category I renamed to Phish. Now when I receive a phishing email from UW System it flags it for me.
- You can further add an action to forward the message to abuse@wisc.edu and then move it to the trash.
- To assign it to a Phish category I select the assign it to the category category. Then, in the Step 2 window, I click on the category link to assign it to a category I renamed to Phish. Now when I receive a phishing email from UW System it flags it for me.
- Caveats:
- This rule will NOT flag all phishing emails and should not be used as a phishing identifying rule; it will however handle UW System-sponsored phishing emails with ease.
- Outlook must be running for the rule to work. If you primarily use WiscMail Web (Outlook on the web) the rule will not apply unless Outlook is also running.
- This is in no way supported by SHC and is just a handy guide to quickly IDing UW System phishing emails. Use at your own risk.
- This rule will NOT flag all phishing emails and should not be used as a phishing identifying rule; it will however handle UW System-sponsored phishing emails with ease.