I'm new to computers and the spam is getting annoying. Almost all my email messages are spam. I report all of them but everyday there are more. At least 7-10 a day. What can I do?
2006-06-27 19:23:00 · 8 answers · asked by Sassy 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Depending on how much spam you really are receiving you could either do one of the following.
1) Click on the (unsubscribe) link at the bottom of each of your emails and unsubscribe yourself from their mailing list. That is assuming their is an unsubscribe link which their technically should be! This method might take some time and is not guaranteed to end all mailings but might be worth your try.
2) Just get a new email address and slowly start to direct all important mail to that new address until you can eventually just delete your old spam ridden one. Try to make sure that you pick an address that is not easily thought of so you dont end up with more spam down the road. And last... make that address the one you DO NOT GIVE OUT online eg. web forms, opt in forms more info forms etc.. Try creating a seperate email address for that type of stuff.
2006-06-27 19:39:50 · answer #1 · answered by lad1177 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once your email address is on a spammers list it is almost impossible to get off. Right now, your e-mail address (along with millions of others) is on a CD being sold from the back rooms of software shops from Bangladesh to Botswana and from Norway to the Netherlands.
However there are several things that you can do to prevent even more spam.
1. Start by removing your e-mail address from your Yahoo profile,if it is on it. The spam-industry has programs that are continusously crawling the web looking for the "@" symbol which is a sure sign the the word before it and the domain name after it is an e-mail address!
2. Use a longer address. The spam industry uses programs that try sending e-mail to all known domain names. Example: a program might start trying to send out e-mails to everyone starting with aaaaa@INVALID.com and continue down to zzzzz@INVALID.com. Using a longer e-mail address will make this harder to do.
3. Never click the "Unsubscribe Link" in any e-mail. This will only confirm to the spammers that your e-mail address is indeed real and that you are reading their garbage. In fact, do not even open any e-mail from anybody you don't know or trust. Many spams are not only annoying but contain viruses of other malware. Just delete 'em without opening 'em!.
You can however click that "Unsubscribe Me" button from businesses that are well known and that you trust. Walmart... yes. Someone selling Viagra...no.
4. Open up a second e-mail account. Whenever, a website requires you to register using your e mail address, use this secondary address. There are many unscroupoulios websites that will sell you address to others or bombard you with spam themselves.
5. Download a free copy of SiteAdvisor. SiteAdvisor will alert you when you search (Google, Yahoo, MSN, search only) of websites that are known to send out spam.
Treat your e-mail address just like you would your telephone number or home address....only give it out to those that you absolutely trust!
2006-06-27 20:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by jibberjabbar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- dont register with low grade sites with you main email Id
- If you have a website or any webpage (like blog)...then instead of youraname@yahoo.com.....you should use yourname[at]yahoo[dot]com. So that your id is not crawled by automated spiders.
- keep reporting them
- n in worst cases you should look for Yahoo! customer care
- have a different nick name (not same as your Yahoo! id)..in Yahoo! chat or other yahoo! services
2006-06-27 19:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by sahil gupta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem. Easiest way for me to solve the problem was to change addresses. And - I do not give out my address for offers, sales, etc. that happen to pop up. That's what got me into trouble to begin with!
2006-06-27 19:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU CANT .
IF YOU GET MAIL OR CLICK ON MAIL YOU WILL GET SPAM NO MATTER WHAT.
YOUR BEST BET IS TO SET UP AN ID THAT YOU JUST TELL FRIENDS ABOUT TO USE AS YOUR E-MAIL AND USE IT IT CUTS DOWN ON SPAM IF YOU JUST GET MAIL FROM FRIENDS.
2006-06-27 19:30:59 · answer #5 · answered by MICHAEL R C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one solution.
Don't open your e-mail
2006-06-27 19:28:18 · answer #6 · answered by Darth Jhon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just delete all the previous contents when you forward/reply emails...
2006-06-27 19:49:42 · answer #7 · answered by 7emsi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
welcome to computer life
2006-06-27 19:26:55 · answer #8 · answered by rickherr10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋