Unable to forward phishing email to BT

50Twuncle

I am trying to forward a "phishing" email to phishing@bt.com and get :
"550 Delivery not authorized"
Is this due to BT or me ?
I am not on Exchange - I am using a standalone PC and Thunderbird !!

kwikbreaks

The 550 code is the receiving mail server response. I suspect it may be temporary so you could just try it again,

I've sent a test email to that address - will amend this post if I get a rejection back. Going out soon so unless it replies quickly it may be a while before I can update.

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Quickly got...

Hello,

Thank you for reporting your suspicious email to the BT Internet Customer Security Team. Please note that this email is an automatic acknowledgement confirming receipt of your enquiry.
blah blah blah

Maybe they just don't like you.

agrinnall

Why not just delete it?

Browntoa

pointless exercise..........

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

The 550 code is the receiving mail server response. I suspect it may be temporary so you could just try it again,

I've sent a test email to that address - will amend this post if I get a rejection back. Going out soon so unless it replies quickly it may be a while before I can update.

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Quickly got...

Hello,

Thank you for reporting your suspicious email to the BT Internet Customer Security Team. Please note that this email is an automatic acknowledgement confirming receipt of your enquiry.
blah blah blah

Maybe they just don't like you.

I too was able to get a BLANK email to phishing@bt.com - but as soon as I add anything to the email (plain text) - I get a 550 error - never mind, I did try !!

kwikbreaks

The other thing you need to consider is how it got past your spam filter. I can't remember when I last saw any phishing attempt.

50Twuncle

kwikbreaks wrote: »

The other thing you need to consider is how it got past your spam filter. I can't remember when I last saw any phishing attempt.

My email account is gotadsl/TTBusiness (although I am not a business) - my spam level is set to maximum - but it still got through !
I am unable to modify it at the moment (TTB are doing work on the servers and they are unavailable until Monday)....

angryparcel

if the email contains and attachment then you will need to remove the attachment for sending