10-05-2017, 06:24 PM
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Spam emails
Not sure if im in the right spot or not but here goes. Does anyone know a simple way of stopping spam emails appearing i get loads everyday some i can unsubscribe from but most you cannot. Many are absolutely disgusting why they are allowed to come through to peoples computers is beyond me. Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a block like i have on my iphone to stop these type of emails?
10-05-2017, 06:51 PM
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Re: Spam emails
Originally Posted by Judd
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Quite simple to do if you have a Gmail account or similar - who is your email with?
10-05-2017, 08:11 PM
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Re: Spam emails
Don't "unsubscribe" if you don't know the sender - that's just telling them that your email address actually exists.So I would:
- Unsubscribe if I knew the sender and they legitimately got hold of my email address (i.e. by me having given it to them previously)
- Do nothing (or click on the 'spam' button that my email program offers) for all others
On top of that I wouldn't give my email address out willy nilly or sign up to services/websites/forums that do not appear professional.
10-05-2017, 09:56 PM
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Re: Spam emails
Originally Posted by Docholliday
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Hi Judd im with Gmail.
If you log in to your email account and put a tick into the little box at the side of each email you don't want a folder icon will appear above your emails. Click on the arrow on the folder and select Junk from the pull-down menu. All of the offending emails will then go into your junk folder and will be deleted automatically after a few days.
Any further emails from the same people/companies that sent you the junk in the first place will be moved into junk automatically. You may have to repeat this action a few times before you are clear.
As Azz says, never click on an unsubscribe button (unless subscribed in the first place) as this will tell spammers that your email is a legitimate one.
10-05-2017, 10:05 PM
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Re: Spam emails
Originally Posted by Judd
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If you log in to your email account and put a tick into the little box at the side of each email you don't want a folder icon will appear above your emails. Click on the arrow on the folder and select Junk from the pull-down menu. All of the offending emails will then go into your junk folder and will be deleted automatically after a few days.Any further emails from the same people/companies that sent you the junk in the first place will be moved into junk automatically. You may have to repeat this action a few times before you are clear.
As Azz says, never click on an unsubscribe button (unless subscribed in the first place) as this will tell spammers that your email is a legitimate one.
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