IT Security

An e-mail message is being received by members of the Princeton community indicating that their e-mail mailboxes have exceeded their limits, and asking each user to provide his or her ID and password to increase e-mail quota. This message is not from the Princeton support team.

Please note that we NEVER ask for your ID and password via e-mail.  The message should be discarded.

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The content of the e-mail message is as follows:

Subject:    Mailbox Has exceeded Storage Limit
Date:       Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:21:28 -0500 (CDT)
From:       System Administrator <rawalel@mnstate.edu>
Reply-To:  System Administrator <helpdeskwebs09@live.com>
To:  undisclosed-recipients: ;

Dear Webmail User,

This message was sent automatically by a program on Webmail which periodically checks the size of inboxes, where new messages are received.

Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit set by your administrator. You may not be able to send or receive new mail until your mailbox size is increased by your system administrator.

To help us re-set your SPACE on our database prior to maintain your INBOX, you must contact your system administrator by replying this e-mail and enter your:

Current Username: { } and PW: { } to increase your storage limit.

You will continue to receive this warning message periodically if your inbox size continues to exceed its size limit or between 18 and 20 MB.

Thank you for your cooperation.

System Administrator

This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential.