How can I block junk email - yahoo hotmail etc?
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Junk Email
Spam email is a problem that just seems to grow and grow. None of the email filters and spam blockers seem to be able to touch the amount of junk that floods into the inbox on a daily basis. Vent your frustration on this forum!
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Just when you thought it was safe to open your inbox, along comes another huge helping of spam mail from hotmail and yahoo along with so many other culprits it's impossible to list them all.
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| 01-12-2007 | I left aol last year , my e-mail address was being used to spam people. Aol would not offer any explanation or help so I dumped them pronto | nikolatin |
| 09-11-2007 | Im with bt/yahoo and ill be glad when the years contract is up and glad to see yahoo stick thier bulk mail where the sun dont shine, I can never understand how I get junk mail addressed to email addresses which are not even my correct email address. | alan |
| 15-2-2007 | I also used to be a victim of lot's Spam but get hardly any these days. With my latest email address, I have configured a filter that deletes all emails sent from addresses that don't match those in my address book and those from companies that aren't on my "safe" list.. So i...more | ShutDownTiscali |
| 12-12-2006 | Captain D,
I never give out my email address to people I don't know and the sites that I am getting spam from I have never visited.
I would refer you to the report on several news sites re. the 92,000,000 AOL usernames sold to spammers by an ex employee and the 600,000 items of search data i...more | Bob |
| 08-12-2006 | I think the majority of spam gets around because many are too freely giving out their email address. So many places try to get you to register for this, register for that ... is it any wonder why you're getting spammed? I also realize there are numerous back door ways to spread spam, but to at l...more | Captain D |
| 25-11-2006 | With regards the porno spam that I have been struggling to keep off my AOL user account.After having a tussle online with AOL tech help who said they could only handle unsolicited pornographic email from aol sources,lo and behold AOL's main article on their homepage is as follows and I have only...more | Anon |
| 20-11-2006 | I have heard rumours that spammers are paying what amounts to a mail tax which enables them to bypass servers spam filters and send spam to the customers.
Nice little earner for someone. | Bob |
| 10-11-2006 | No Spam for two days on AOL.
Mind you I have blocked my master screen name completely and all spam goes to the spam folder to be automatically deleted.Not really the best solution but at least it works. | anon |
| 08-11-2006 | Home Press office News archive Articles 2005 02
7 February 2005
Man pleads guilty to stealing 92 million AOL email addresses, Sophos reports on spam case
92 million AOL email addresses are said to be in the hands of spammers.
A 24-year-old former AOL employee, has pleaded guilty to steali...more | anon |
| 31-10-2006 | Re spam emails.
Funnily enough the last email I got from AOL after reporting this spam for nearly two weeks was if you have a problem with spam please go to keyword notify and report it to us.
This is after reporting 50 odd instances of these emails and hours spent on the net and phone to try ...more | Bob |
| 29-10-2006 | I think the comment about spammers only trying to make a living is a bit like saying a mugger needed the money or does that poster really need to buy the products pushed? | thinker |
| 28-10-2006 | Mentor, I have been getting large amounts of porno,phishing medical and people trying to get my details in order to launder money through my bank account.I am getting at least 6 a day on my AOL account and my 15 yr old son also gets them. I am just in the process of changing I.S.P. but AOL are being...more | Bob |
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