In the last week, many iCloud users have been the target of spam emails that are taking the form of invitations to events on an unknown calendar. Now, Apple is working on a way to stop it.
In a statement to iMore's Rene Ritchie, an Apple spokesperson said the company is working to block such invitations, which are actually spam. Spam over iCloud calendar invitations isn't new, but there has been a serious spike in this spam since last week. Because iCloud calendar invitations are sent to an iCloud calendar automatically by default and there is no way to ignore them, it is not clear how to stop this type of spam that many users are experiencing. of Apple devices.
Accepting or choosing "maybe" on an incoming iCloud calendar invitation declares the sender email address as valid, so until Apple can permanently put an end to this spam problem, there are two possible solutions. temporary. First, by logging into iCloud through a web browser and accessing the calendar settings (Click on the little nut, go to Preferences and then choose "Advanced"), you can choose to receive all invitations to events as emails electronic These can be more easily ignored and deleted without affecting the way the invitations themselves do.
Second, you can create a new calendar, name it spam, and move the spam invitations to the spam calendar. Then the entire calendar can be deleted. This method does not inform spammers that the event has been declined and does not convey that the iCloud account exists, so that spam will not be received again.
Both iOS users using the default Calendar app and those using third party calendar apps are affected by this spam problem.