The Division of Technology Services (DTS) is working with Google to address an issue where state employees have been receiving unsolicited calendar invitations that automatically appear in Google Calendars. DTS is currently developing a long-term solution to automatically reject these types of spam events.
To prevent an increase in spam, DTS advises employees not to click 'Yes,' 'No,' or 'Maybe' on suspicious calendar invitations, as responding confirms to spammers that the email address is active.
Instead of responding, employees should mark the event as spam within Google Calendar. This process involves clicking the unwanted event, selecting the More Options menu, and choosing Report as spam. If the 'Report as spam' option is unavailable for events from outside senders, employees should right-click the event and select Delete.
If a high volume of these events persists, employees are directed to contact DTS at services.dts.utah.gov.
DTS is actively collaborating with Google to resolve the issue of these unwanted spam appointments appearing in user calendars.
