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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| 18-10-2009 | I have decided to boycott all yahoo services due to SPAM with yahoo links, I have reported this SPAM to yahoo, but my complaints are not taken seriously.
GOOGLE IS BEST. | Nic |
| 12-11-2008 | You hit the nail on the head about Yahoo's spam filter - it often spamtags valid email - EVEN FROM ME TO MYSELF! I not only have an email account at Yahoo; I PAY for a domain name hosted by them for a business account. I sometimes send myself an email as a reminder to do something . It sudden...more | Mike |
| 13-7-2008 | How do I get spam mail in my Yahoo spam folder that doesn't even have my correct email address???? | Hale |
| 13-7-2008 | I made a new Yahoo and a MSN account on the same day. Since I already had both a Yahoo and MSN accounts, I didn't use these new accounts right away. When I got back to them a week later, Yahoo had about 80 pieces of spam in the Spam folder. MSN had none. Some of the spam in the Yahoo folder had ...more | Hale |
| 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 |
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