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PhishNotify

PhishNotify is a tool that will allow you to report suspicious emails received in your email. It is available for Outlook on your desktop, webmail, and the Outlook mobile app for iOS and Android. When a suspicious email is identified as one you believe to be phishing or potentially malicious, click the Submit Email (Fish Icon) to submit the email to the ITSS security team for review. This will allow for you to safely review the message without the inherent risks of forwarding or interacting with these messages. This tool will identify phishing emails sent from  and should be used consistently for any questionable email you receive.

Reporting Emails from the Outlook Desktop Application

To submit an email to the security team as a potential phishing message:
 
1. Click the Submit Email button (red fish icon) from your Outlook ribbon.
2. A dialogue box will appear within the body of the message confirming if this was or was not a phishing simulation email.
3. Click the blue Continue button to confirm the submission of the email or click the X icon to cancel the submission.
 
Your email has now been successfully submitted for review.

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Reporting Emails in Outlook Web Application (OWA)

To submit an email to the security team as a potential phishing message:
 
1. Click the red fish icon from add-in ribbon.
2. A dialogue box will appear within the body of the message confirming if this was or was not a phishing simulation email.
3. Click the blue Continue button to confirm the submission of the email or click the X icon to cancel the submission.
 
Your email has now been successfully submitted for review.
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Are you trying out "The new Outlook" and don't see our icon? Outlook has moved add-ins to their menu bar. Click the three dot menu and then select PhishNotify.
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Reporting Emails in Outlook Mobile (iOS)

To submit an email to the security team as a potential phishing message:

1. Tap the three dot menu in the upper right corner of the message.
2. A menu will appear at the bottom of the message displaying your add-ins.
3. Tap the PhishNotify icon from the menu.
4. Click the blue Continue button to confirm the submission of the email or tap the X icon to cancel the submission.
-If emails are set to be deleted a message not found screen will appear. Tap the back arrow to return to your inbox.
 
Your email has now been successfully submitted for review.
 

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Reporting Emails in Outlook Mobile (Android)

To submit an email to the security team as a potential phishing message:

1. Tap the three dot menu in the upper right corner of the message.
2. A menu will appear at the bottom of the message displaying your add-ins.
3. Tap the PhishNotify icon from the menu.
4. Click the blue Continue button to confirm the submission of the email or tap the X icon to cancel the submission.
 
Your email has now been successfully submitted for review.
 
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