Is there anyway of stopping these emails clogging up my Inbox?
2006-11-09 01:26:21 · 12 answers · asked by helphesaidineedaprofilename 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
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2006-11-09 01:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dont know about other ISP's or free email accounts, but AOL allows you to use keywords and then filters incoming mails, and puts those with the keywords into the junk mail folder, or deletes them altogether - you choose the keywords and how it deals with them.
It's far more effective than blocking addresses (which you can also do). I'm now down to about 5 spams a day from approx 100+ and I havent missed a single genuine e-mail.
2006-11-09 05:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to get loads of these, but not any more.
If they went into the BULK I just deleted them and if they were in the INBOX I marked them as spam. It took a while but now I no longer get any at all.
If only one of them had been genuine...
2006-11-12 09:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try to block them as junk or Spam, but if they change the address every time it is difficult, you could change your address slightly say a point or a slash and then tell all of your friends about it,
2006-11-09 01:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Unfortunately this is difficult. These spammers use random names and subjects to get past filters. Just keep identifying them as spam to your email provider.
2006-11-09 01:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download Mailwasher Free, it'll automatically identify most of the rubbish in seconds as it's still on your mail server and then bounce it back to sender without you having to waste time downloading it to your mailbox..
2006-11-09 01:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by lucrx440.rm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go to you email settings and everytime you get one of these add it to the block list or when you get rid of it treat it as spam and you will never receive another email from that address.
2006-11-09 01:28:54 · answer #7 · answered by Rooster 1972 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is not just spam, it's a SCAM. Report it to some authority to investigate.
2006-11-09 01:38:18 · answer #8 · answered by Erwin B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is called fishing.
you can stop it by configuring your Email mannager (gmail yahoo, outlook ext) to emedietly deleat them, or turn on the antispam.
as for stoping them altogether, you cant that is why it is called fishing :-s
2006-11-09 09:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by science 101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant just dont be tempted to reply, that just confirms your address is active.
set up another account,
or try if its your servers own e-mail point, getting them to do something about it
2006-11-09 03:28:16 · answer #10 · answered by chris s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋