have on it?
What happens to all of those junk e-mails that i delete???????
2007-02-15 02:30:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
it has nothing to do with your computer memory, these emails
are stored on Yahoo servers, not on your computer
2007-02-15 02:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by sammy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't tell us if you are using an online based email account such as Yahoo, or Outlook and Outlook Express.
None of the email programs affect RAM.
Only Outlook and Outlook Express stores your email onl your PC, and that can take up Hard Drive space.
After you fully delete from Outlook and Outlook Express, the deleted email will eventually be written over by other information you store from Word documents to newly installed programs.
For web-based email (such as Yahoo), you loose the emails after 24 hours or so. Web-based sites flush the "trash" folder on a regular bases.
2007-02-15 10:38:02 · answer #2 · answered by Corillan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't effect the speed of your computer unless they have adware or spyware attach to it.
I know how you feel about the spam mail! Believe me, I do! I can't help to think that Yahoo could do more about it than it is willing to do. 95% of the JUNK mail that I receive comes directly from GeoCities users.
You know, if you open the header to the spam mail you are sent, you could possibly find out who is sending the junk mail to you. ARIN will show you which ISP to forward the junk to so you can have some of it stop.
Whether if you have adware or spyware on your computer right now or not, consider downloading Spyware Blaster. You won't regret it. It stops the hackers and scammers from attaching their junk to your computer to begin with--most of it anyway. Just download its up dates about every two weeks. It's free!
If you are not sure that this is something you want to download right now because you never know if someone isn't trying to get you to download something on your computer you don't want, ask your ISP about Spyware Blaster.
2007-02-15 11:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't download them to your computer they were never on it to start with. When you delete them they go off into cyberspace as they are on your e-mail programs server. If you download all of your e-mails, they are just like any other file you delete. The computer will use that space and write over it when it needs to put something on the disk.
Ron
2007-02-15 10:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by Ron75 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you need is spam protection in your e-mail account. When a new one comes, I label it as junk, and then no more from that source will get through. After a while you will be spam free, but you have to identify what sources you deem to be spam or junk.
2007-02-15 10:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by The Count 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it does not increase memory.
1000 a week. Wow!
Change your email address.
Get the email address with a provider that has better spam filters (Yahoo, Gmail) or install your own spam filters.
Never post your email address on the internet.
Don't allow anyone to use your email account. They should get their own accounts.
Use disposable addresses for questionable sites. (Free offers, sites that require your email to read, and other garbage sites.)
Follow tips below.
http://email.about.com/cs/spamfightingtips/tp/most_effective.htm
http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/anti_spam/spam_tips.html
http://www.rickconner.net/spamweb/avoiding.html
http://www.mytrashmail.com/block_spam_spamfighter.aspx
2007-02-15 11:26:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They go away permanently if you empty your trash.
2007-02-15 10:33:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the bits go into the feared "bit bucket"
2007-02-15 10:34:07 · answer #8 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋