Spam email...why?

Question

Every morning I get up and find that I've got loads of spam emails, you know the usual garbage. I ran Norton and syware doctor and that usually solves the problem. But they're still coming.
My friend said something about the start menu and undetectable things latching on to it. Anyone got any ideas? cheers

Answer 1

If you're using Yahoo email, click "options" (upper right corner, blue letters). In Management column you can set your spam filters. If you get spam from a specific email address, you can block that address permanently. Unfortunately, spam is the electronic version of the junk mail you receive at home. Seems like every time you order something online or fill out a form, your email address is collected and sold. I've created two separate email accounts. One is for ordering things, the other is for personal communications. If the spam is going into the Bulk folder, your filters are doing their job.

plrr

Answer 2

SPAM will continue until people stop buying things from spammers. Pure and simple. There's no way to stop it from being sent, and only limited ways to keep it out of your inbox.

It's got NOTHING to do with the Start Menu. SPAM exists on ALL mail systems, not just Windows.

Answer 3

Get Mozilla Thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

Use it instead of Outlook, you can import your accounts and contacts when you install it then go to tools and start up the span control. Once you have you will only get the email from your contact list, anything alse goes into a junk folder which is advisable to check just in case there is actually something of importance.

The more you use it the more it adapts to what you consider to be junk and thos that it does.