Spam Emails

Maybe I am missing something, but I cannot find the 'tab' to enter the black-listed addresses. Please point me in the right direction.

Login as admin, select module "Email and Contact Forms" from the dropdown list above the admin console. A new console will open. Select the "Email Security" tab
support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/item/email-and-contact-forms

Hello Scott,
I drove myself crazy for a while trying the blacklisting. Every time a group of spam emails came in with the "Toastmasters club 8700 on behalf of" in the reply field, I would enter the email address in the email security black list area. Unfortunately the email addresses seem to change all the time even for the same advertisement, so it was totally ineffective and just drove me crazy due to the time spent on this and the interruptions to my work day. I decided to lower the spam assassin threshold a couple of days ago from 5.0 to 4.6. I am guardedly optimistic that this is helping because yesterday I received only 6 of those emails instead of 32. The danger in lowering this is the possibility that an important email might be missed, but with this small amount of lowering it is probably unlikely based on the information I have read. Hope this helps.

Thank you to the forum tech support!
Marina

Hi Marina - spam has not (so far) been a big problem for my clubs. In fact, I have only received (1) so far. I was curious about if and how FTH dealt with SPAM or PHISHING, which brought me to this forum for answers. Since I have luckily only had one case of spam in the last 10 years or so, this implies that my clubs have largely been absent from the databases used by the spammers - but since I did receive one yesterday, I guess our invisibility cloak is starting to show some wear and tear.

Thank you for the info on spam assassin - if my spam count goes up, I may contact you again to see how 4.6 is working for you, and follow your lead.

~ Scott

Thanks Pam - as always, I do love the support obtained from this forum - you guys are GREAT.

~ Scott

For future reference related to spam assassin threshold, the following is the reference webpage on this that I included in the v_More_v info section for Spam Assassin in the Email Security tab: taint.org/2008/02/29/155648a.html

The reference is a bit old (I could not find a better reference that was newer) but I still think the information is useful.