Spam Overview

Find out how to manage spam (unsolicited email) delivered to your UCSD email account.

Spam is unsolicited bulk email

Spam includes commercial solicitations (e.g. "cold call" emails), unsolicited advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and fraudulent offers.

What you can do to stop spam

• Learn how to keep your inbox safe from suspicious e-mail using the campus Spam Quarantine service.
• Refer to our email security Phishing User Guide for tips on identifying and reporting phishing messages. 
• Use your email client's native tools provided to report junk or phishing, and block senders. 
• Don't reply to spam messages. Replying confirms that your email is valid, and will probably result in you receiving more spam.
• Don't spread spam. Sending chain letters is against both university policy.
• Remember the delete key. The most reliable way to rid yourself of spam is to delete it.

It's not necessary to change your email address. Spammers easily harvest addresses from infected machines or data brokers who sell information obtained from compromised systems or data breaches.