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Can i get rid of spam I don't want to receive?

what should you do if you receive spam?


How do you filter spam out of your inbox?

Your email should provide you with a spam filter already. It is easy to indicate which email is spam to the email provider which will flag the spam sender. The email provider will then block all emails from that sender and send it to the spam folder, which you can open and review and delete the content.


How do you stop spam from coming to your email?

You probably cannot prevent the spam from being sent. You can stop it from coming to you by using email blockers that recognize spam and do not let you receive it. You can also make sure that you don't put your email address on public forums or forms from sites you do not trust.


How can one stop spam in their email?

There are several methods to help reduce or stop spam emails. One method is to create a separate email that is used specifically for sketchy websites or services. All spam from these websites will be directed to that email instead of a private one. When using an email on sites like these, unchecking any options to receive mail will help reduce the spam as well. The primary email used for banking and other online services should be kept private and never shown on the internet.


Can spam free filters really cull all the spam from your email?

Spam free filters do a very good job at culling all the spam from your e-mail. However, it is virtually impossible to completely cull the spam without sometimes losing e-mails which you would like to receive as it depends on how strict the criteria are that you have on the filter. Spammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in sending e-mails disguised as genuine.

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Can i get rid of spam I don't want to receive?

what should you do if you receive spam?


What should you do about SPAM or chain mail attatchments?

Delete them. Mark them as spam so it will go straight to your Junk e-mail folder the next time you receive it.


Does anti spam software create spam?

Anti-spam software does not create spam. This software aims to prevent you from receiving spam. Sometimes it creates fake email addresses to receive real spam, which helps it identify spam and prevent you from receiving it.


If using a Bayesian filter what would happen if you marked a bunch of spam as not spam then marked them as spam again?

it would just unmark them as spam and then you could receive them once again.


Can you still receive messages from the person who i report spam?

no


Could you please continue to email me in my incoming mail instead of spam.?

It is alright to receive your email via spam.


What happens when you spam a comment on youtube?

You may or may not receive a warning from the site operators. If you persistently spam then your account will be terminated.


Why spam goes in spam but not in inbox?

Email systems know that users do not want to receive spam. Spam can be dangerous, with viral links, or just annoying, which wastes your time. This is why email systems send emails from suspect networks or with unknown content to a separate, spam folder.


Can you report spam IMs on Skype?

Contact can only receive IMS


Do you like Spam?

Yes, I do. Spam is good. You should go spam something on the internet right now!


What should you have the anti spam software do when it identifies an email as spam?

Have the anti-spam software put the spam in a separate folder in case of false positives.


What to do if you receive spam?

If you're receiving spam and it's entering your inbox then make that particular e-mail as spam and normally all e-mail systems send every e-mail from that particaular address to the spam box and after that you can simply delete it.