Unsolicited Mail

[Pullman]

Anyone any ideas how I can stop getting all the trash I keep receiving,don't really want to change my e- mail address. Have tried the "unsubscribe " box but think I have ended up getting more than ever. I just delete them without opening but it's a pain.

[Buenchico]

Clicking on 'unsubscribe' is the worst possible thing that you can do as
(a) it tells the spammers that they've found an active email account ; and
(b) it risks something nasty being downloaded onto your computer.

If you're using a 'proper' email client (such as Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail, Windows 10 Mail or Thunderbird) then Mailwasher can help:
http://www.mailwasher.net/

However if you're using a web-based service you can't directly stop the spam arriving in your Inbox, although a decent web-based service might well have filters that help you anyway. (There should be a 'Spam' button which you can use, rather than simply deleting the mail, to tell your email provider's filters that it's junk. The filters should then gradually 'learn' what is, and isn't spam).

I suggest getting a new email account at http://www.gmx.co.uk/ and using the 'Mail Collector' facility to have mail sent to your existing account automatically forwarded to it (so that you don't have to change the email address which your friends and colleagues are using to contact you). Such mail will go into its own folder. If the spam eventually starts to dry up you can simply revert to using your old account. If not, you can then advise people of your new (and hopefully spam-free) address and, once you're absolutely sure that nobody is still using your old address, disable the Mail Collector.

[murraymints]

chris just installed mailwasher hope it cleans my spam up !

[tonyav]

So have I.

[seadogg]

My Yahoo Mail puts all the spam in one folder and automatically deletes the contents after a while. Just occasionally I have a look to check if anything legit has found its way there.

[fiction-factory]

Once your address has been passed on you will get more and more spam. The best way is to use a new email address and be very careful who you give your address to. Which email service do you use?

[mikey4444]

Its nearly impossible to get rid of these type of emails....I actually think its akin to harassment !

If you mark each email as SPAM, then it might help, but don't expect a huge difference.

The only real solution is to get another email account, and use it for all future occasions when you need to leave an email address....shopping for instance. But even this is only a partial solution.....its a modern plague !