Most of the emails are ridiculous scams stating that I have won some kind of lottery. I'm not sure what I accidentally did to get these unwanted emails. How can I block them or be removed from whatever list I may be on without changing my email address?
2007-06-19 07:03:03 · 6 answers · asked by gg55 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
It can be frustrating trying to stop spam emails once you start receiving them. As a poster above points out, they usually are from a bogus email that they change with each new email so blocking individual emails usually does no good. Most email email sevices have spam blockers that, if turned on, will help some with varying degrees of success. Usually your email is obtained by these spammers when you subscribe to certain websites' newletters or by registering with the site with your email. They then give out (sell) your email, along with others, to other sites that email you with offers. The spammers will buy a huge list of emails and then send the spam out to the whole list. Make sure your email is set to block spam. The email it "blocks" as spam will be sent to your bulk folder instead of your inbox. You can then quickly look in your bulk folder weekly to make sure any wanted emails were not accidently blocked. If you find a wanted folder in there you can mark it as safe and it will be moved to your inbox and any further emails from that sender will go to your inbox. When you get spam in your inbox be sure to mark it as spam, which will help the filter identify future spam. Also try to think of any websites you may have given your email address (they may or may not send you occasional emails- if they do send emails, at the bottom of the email should be a link to change your settings). Go to their site, sign in, and change your email settings (usually listed under preferences). Change the settings to reflect that you DO NOT want them to share your information. Usually there will be a box that asks if you want them to share your info with "other companies" or something like like. Also be mindful of sharing your email address with future websites and DO NOT respond to the scams. Even if you have no intention of being scammed, at the very least, replying to a message will guarantee that you will get more emails
2007-06-19 07:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by PLD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you did to cause this was very simple - nothing. The spammers will often just send random e-mails to weird addresses in the hope of accidently finding a "live" one. When they did not get a "failure" from your address, they knew it was "real". Then they turn around and start selling it to other spams for a couple cents an address.
Any time you get such an e-mail, add it to your block mail list. With Yahoo mail, this is done by marking it as spam. Over time, the program will learn what to block. Also check the "Help" section of your program for any other tips it has on how to "filter" your e-mail. Different programs have different ways of blocking unwanted e-mail.
The ultimate solution is to abandon that account and get a new one. If it is a free account, simply create a new one, e-mail everybody one last time from the old account with the new address, and then delete the old account. Most people find they have to do this about once every 12-18 months.
2007-06-19 07:10:51 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One option is to set a rule so that mail from anyone not in your contact list (safe senders list) is considered spam, and automatically sent to the trash folder, or quarantine folder, where you can doublecheck.
You cannot easily stop spam once it starts. However, some services like gmail/googlemail do an excellent job at filtering out the spam so you never see it.
2007-06-19 07:11:05 · answer #3 · answered by Robb in Highlands 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm a very conservative character with historic enterprise ideals approximately marriage. i do no longer touch exs nor does my better half. it is not with the aid of undeniable fact that we don't enable it, this is with the aid of undeniable fact that we very certainly love each and each diverse adequate that we merely dont care too, I have been with my better half for 5 yrs and have not ever onced recognized contacting an ex. additionally in my opinion you do no longer touch your ex until an component of you misses your ex. I actually have a pal who maintains to be in touch at the same time along with her ex, she tells her husband that this is harmless, even with the undeniable fact that she has admitted on the returned of close to doors that component of her quite misses him and cares for him. that's my opinion. i will provide help to realize that this habit may well be certainly harmless it relatively is remarkable, even with the undeniable fact that that would not make it any much less disrepectful. This person is inaccurate in spite of how lots they justify it, and in the event that they actually comprehend how lots it bothers you they are going to refrain from the habit harmless or no longer. different decision is liberalize up!!! and permit it circulate and want it would not rework so lots greater....
2016-12-13 07:25:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of those emails are actually from bogus email addresses...so, if you do block the email address, it will do you no good.
2007-06-19 07:08:32 · answer #5 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Click on the message you don't want ,right click and "create rule from message" this will give you plenty of options to set rules.
Afterwards Make sure you apply the rules.
2007-06-19 07:08:07 · answer #6 · answered by A Little Knowledge Is Dangerous 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋