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Manage Your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Settings

ISSUE: Authentication phone number or app changed and need to update or add security verifications

FIX:

Microsoft Account Recovery Tool

Beginning Wednesday, May 29, 2019 employees and students will have the ability to setup self-password resets on their @mymail.eku.edu accounts (e.g., Blackboard, myMail).  Once this is enabled after you enter your login information (username/password) you will be prompted with a 'More information required' box on both a PC

Recovering From Phishing-Students

Students, if you fall victim to a phishing email here are the next steps to recovery of your EKU email address/password.

Reset your password immediately.  You have several options.

Update/Change Verification Phone Number and Email - Student Password Self-Service

  1. Login to https://myapps.microsoft.com/.
  2. Click your profile image/badge in the top right of your screen, then choose Profile
    Click your profile image/badge in the top right of your screen, then choose Profile
     

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Setup

  1. Open a browser on your computer and go to https://mymail.eku.edu then login
  2. You will see the screen below then click Set it up now
    You will see the screen below then click Set it up now

External Email Tags

To identify potential phishing emails from outside senders, IT will begin using external email tags on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

No longer receiving emails in your EKU myMail account (Issue)

Issue: You stop receiving emails in your myMail account.

Cause: Your account may be compromised.  

Resolution:

How to report a bogus email or phishing scam

Issue: You receive a bogus email or phishing scam

Cause: Spam is an unfortunate side-effect of email accounts.  Phishing is a social engineering problem. 

Resolution: 

  1. Forward message to:  spam@eku.edu
  2. Ignore and delete the message.
  3. NEVER click links in these email.  If you do, run an antivirus scan immediately.

 

Phishing and Suspicious Email

Criminals use malicious email and websites to try to trick you into revealing your password or other sensitive information or to infect your computer with malware.  Phishing emails often use urgent language, asks for personal information, and has grammatical, typographical, or other obvious errors. 

Learn to Spot Phishes

Quick Tip: Check Links Before Clicking

Check the full URL to see if it goes where you expect.

Password Security Checklist

Change Your Password if it is at Risk

If your password is at risk, you may need to change it more often.  Ask yourself the questions below to see if you need to change your password now.  Balance your answers with the need to have a password that you can remember without having to write it down.  If you have a strong, secure password that is easy for you to remember and you can use it with care, you may not need to change it as often as someone whose password is more vulnerable. 

Checking Email Rules - Outlook/OWA

Issue: I need to check my email rules to see if someone had hacked me or I need to edit/delete those I have set.

Product: EKU faculty Outlook/OWA system

Resolution:

Rules allow you to move, flag, and respond to email messages automatically. You can also use rules to play sounds, move messages to folders, or display new item alerts.

Require two-factor verification (2FA) again on a device you've marked as trusted

ISSUE: You want to restore two-factor authentication on all your devices because your device is lost or you think your account is compromised

Disable clutter folder (How To)

Issue: I would like to disable the clutter folder in my EKU myMail account

Cause: The clutter folder in your myMail account is a new mailbox management feature of Office 365.  It can be turned on or off depending on your preferences.    Clutter analyzes how you process your email and moves the 'unimportant stuff' out of your inbox folder and places that into the clutter folder.  In theory it should leave you with an emptier and distraction-free inbox.  

ISSUE: Your account information is not available

ISSUE: While trying to activate my EKU student email account, I receive the error 'Your account information is not available'

RESOLUTION:   This means you have been accepted by the university but your email account is still not created in our system.  Generally if you give IT 2-3 days (not including weekends/breaks) it will fix itself.

If, however, you still get the same error after waiting 2-3 days (not including weekends/breaks) then you should call the IT Service Desk: 859-622-3000

 

Office365 Email Migration - iOS Instructions for Native Mail App

This will show you how to set up your new Office365 email on the native iOS email app

How to turn off focused inbox

ISSUE: Student missing emails in inbox

RESOLUTION: Turn 'Focused Inbox' off in myMail settings

Checking Email Rules - myMail

Issue: I need to check my email rules to see if someone had hacked me or I need to edit/delete those I have set.

Product: EKU Student myMail system

Resolution:

Rules allow you to move, flag, and respond to email messages automatically. You can also use rules to play sounds, move messages to folders, or display new item alerts.

Office365 Email Migration - iOS Instructions for the Outlook App

Skip adding additional accounts if prompted.This will show you how to set up your new Office365 email on the Outlook email app

Group or ungroup messages in your Inbox

This article explains how to remove the Focused Inbox in Outlook in Office 365

Office365 Email Migration - Android Instructions for the Outlook Mail App

This will show you how to set up your new Office365 email on the Outlook email app

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