Does anyone know how to stop spam / bulk mail from coming in?

Question

Besides marking mail as spam, how do I get rid of the spam? I get the same emails over and over again, they never stop.

Answer 1

There is virtually no way for us to completely stop it. We usually get spam if we fill out a form online. But you can stop a few of it. You have to block the specific e-mail address from getting in to your computer. If you're using the Yahoo Mail Beta click on up at the upper right of the screen and then click on . Click on . You should see a list of blocked addresses, you can manually add addresses that keeps on coming in to your bulk folder or Inbox.

Answer 2

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 Botswanna 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 [e-mail] and continue down to [e-mail]. 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 unscrupulous 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. This can help you avoid registering with any sites that are known to spam people.
http://www.siteadvisor.com/

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!

Answer 3

I have the same problem, you can't even tell them to stop sending that crap, your mail is returned undelivered !
I have already downloaded some trial versions of spam killers, but none of the stops everything, some enoying mail is still comming through - there should be a law against unsolicited mail, something like "remove from mailing list option"

Answer 4

some e-mail hosts, or isp's give out your e-mail from the day you join. try not to publish you e-mail in a profile or in a newsgroup because hackers have software that fishes the mails out and sells the addy's to paying customers. if you ever see a link that says something like "to be removed from this mailing list, click here" that link usually will confirm that your e-mail is valid and you will get even more junk mail. my advice is to open a mail account on either yahoo or hotmail and do not publish it, you should be fine. i have had mine for years and at this time, get no junkmail at all.

Answer 5

Many hours are wasted due to spam email. However, by taking simple precautions while giving out your email and installing updated free software, you can prevent spam. More info available at
http://fixit.in/stopspam.html

Answer 6

i know this problem and you know recently i just leave them there and so far i have 7,583 spams on my yahoo E-mail! I just wonder will it get to the point when it so full nothing else can go to the bulk mail!
My advice is just leave it there and forget about it! and to protest silently is just leave it be! they send it and i leave it!

Answer 7

those who send spams have lots of tricks. they will use different name every time, marking it spam doesn't help much. try this:

go to outlook; click , , ; try to restrict mail with some key-word that they use.

Answer 8

All you can do is drink up and not worry about it...