Spam And Junk Mail

[smurfchops]

I get a lot of spam, I.e. McAfee etc saying I have won stuff.  Should I just delete all these without reading them, which I have been doing,  or should I open them, not click on any links, and send an Unsubscribe message back?  

[ToraToraTora]

just delete do not open or respond at all. If you send the unsub message back it will just verify yours is a real address and you'll get about 100 times more.

[gingejbee]

Have them directed to spam folder. DO NOT "unsubscribe".

[barry1010]

Do not ever click unsubscribe, that simply tells spammers that your email address is live.

Just keep deleting 

[Arrods]

Is it worth forwarding to the report@phishing address?  Do they do anything?

[barry1010]

I report phishing and scam emails to that address but not spam

[Canary42]

Never use the unsubscribe link in unsolicited stuff.

[Rosie29]

Agree - direct them to Mark as Spam without opening them.

[johnk]

Can't you block them

[newmodarmy]

Blocking rarely works. Spammers generate unlimited numbers of email addresses so are unlikely to use the same one again.

[smurfchops]

Thanks, I won't open them. 

[ladybirder]

I do not see why you cannot just Unsubscribe as I do.  In my Unsubscribe File I have 173 blocked and have never heard anything from any one of them since.  This goes back over a few years.

Perhaps it depends on what machine you are using.  I'm on an AppleMac.

[Rosie29]

Ĺadybirder - see TTTs reply 18..41 yeterday.  Good advice