email spam,questions for email spam

What does it mean when one gets an email (spam) where the sender shows as your own address?

2009-08-08T02:33:00.002-07:00

Spoofing is the "forgery" of an address, to hide the identity of the sender, and is usually done by an Automatic Spamming system, that blindly and randomly, runs through addresses in sequence.

It's not actually coming from or thru your account.

One type that's called "Self Spamming"--(go figure)--appears to be coming "from" and going "to" the same address.

Anti-spam experts say----At this time, there's nothing you can do, except delete them. They are a nuisance, but harmless and don't last long.

Don't spam them--you'd only be spamming your own address.

What does it mean when one gets an email (spam) where the sender shows as your own address?
Nothing, it's a very simple technique to spoof your email. They won't have access to your emails, don't worry.

How can I stop important email from going into spam box?

2009-08-08T02:33:00.001-07:00

I am an Ebay Power Seller, and I use Paypal too. Most of my Ebay sales and Paypal payment notifications go into my spam box. Is there any way to make sure they get into my INBOX? I have tried clicking "this is not spam" on each email. That is supposed to train the filter to redirect the emails back to the inbox but that does not work? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, James.

How can I stop important email from going into spam box?
Type the email address into your adress book. Then it will come to your regular in box.
Reply:I have a similar case of emails falling into my spam box, some of them are actually in my white list. They still end up there so I had to check spam box first thing before checking other emails. Report Abuse

I've received many email (spam) since I sent a birthday e-card from Americangreting.com to my friend?

2009-08-08T02:33:00.000-07:00

I've added these users to "block" or marked as "spam", I still get many emails from another user. I really got tired of it. Is there anybody who can help me solve this problem. Thank you so much!!! I will ve be appreciate your kindness!!

I've received many email (spam) since I sent a birthday e-card from Americangreting.com to my friend?
Many websites are disrespectful to that fact. Try logging back on and unsubscribing to newsletters. Also, try and reply to incoming e-mails and say "unsubscribe" or "remove" in the subject line. Some automated e-mails handle those messages appropriately.
Reply:fine in ur mail setting there is an option you can get email from known senders only check that option and when u got first junk mail from some sender add that in junk keep adding in few days you will get rid of all junk senders

good luck
Reply:same here my email has alot of spams and i got tired deleting them so i made a new email....just make a new one and be cautious on registering on sites and going to sites that are bad

classmates

Why do I get email spam that isn't even addressed to me?

2009-08-08T02:32:00.002-07:00

In the TO: section it will have the wrong email address or no email at all. I don't understand why it would be in my email box then.

Why do I get email spam that isn't even addressed to me?
They used the BCC field. (Blind Carbon Copy). You get a copy when your email address is NOT in the TO field, when it is in the CC or BCC field.

SPAM is a real big hassle, and it is GOING to get worse. Consider getting a Spam filter program, or a service that does this for you... If you are using Yahoo email, then use the SPAM button to report spam every time. This helps everybody, and you will get less.

You should have a secondary email address for registering for products.

Discourage people from sending JOKES, or including you in their long list of recipients. For gosh sakes, you don't need to get the virus that someone else got.

Discourage people from using a FREE Greeting card service. What do you think? These services make money somehow... They MUST sell their list to provide you with the free service.

NEVER buy from an offer that you got from SPAM... I mean, really... One purchase will justify their work and help to make them profitable.
Reply:I dance around the floor TWO times when I get Five Stars. Many thanks. Report Abuse

Reply:It is sent to you and thousands of other people. The information in the To and From fields can be forged very easily.
Reply:Your address should have been placed in the BCC: section, that is why you can't see your address.

How do I stop my email address from being stolen for spam?

2009-08-08T02:32:00.001-07:00

My email account has been sending out spam to all of the people on my contact list. I am not sending these. How do I get it to stop?

How do I stop my email address from being stolen for spam?
you cannot.

in the future have 2 email addresses :

1) FAKE: email address, one for giving to the world

2) PRIVATE: email address, one for giving only as private
Reply:I would like to add to the previous answer, as it is incomplete.

1. If your password was compromised (most likely, unless you use a desktop email client application" the spammers can actually still make use of your info DESPITE PASSWORD CHANGE. Those clever little s.o.b.'s (pardon me) will actually use the coolness of yahoo against you. They accomplish this by changing your "Filters" options in your yahoo mail "options." I'll spare you the details of how, but just make 100% sure that you have no unrecognized filters set up in the Filters options.

2. Also, are you sure that someone you personally know is not responsible? Does anyone but you (anyone at all) have access to your computer? Sadly, it may be someone you consider trustworthy. If you have ANY piece of paper with a Yahoo password written on it, burn it, eat it or somehow permanently destroy it. Really, just never write passwords anywhere.

3. Finally, try to have none of your Yahoo passwords saved anywhere other than your head! There are a scary number of "password keeper" widgets, options, and even dedicated programs that are always offering to "organize and guard" your passwords. NEVER let them know your Yahoo passwords, it just seems like an unneccesarry thing to do. Basically suck it up and actually type a password in any yahoo field.

GOOD LUCK
Reply:If you send your e-mail with a desktop program, you probably have a virus, get software or hire someone to remove it. If you send e-mails online, someone might've gotten your password, change it to something harder to guess. In any case, try to do both. If those don't work, open a new account with a really good new password on a virus-free computer. Change any passwords or financial accounts that can be accessed with info in your e-mails. Warn all of your friends that if they opened some attachment sent by you, they could be at risk, also.

One more thing inspired by queen's more complete answer. Also make sure your e-mail settings have not been set to forward to another unfamiliar account. If at all possible, I agree that it's best to open a new account, at least for sensitive information. You will never be 100% sure about this one.

How did the term "spam," referring to junk email, get started?

2009-08-08T02:32:00.000-07:00

Was it a reference to the meat product? A friend told me that it's actually an acronym for something- you know, like S.P.A.M. Dunno.....

How did the term "spam," referring to junk email, get started?
From Wikipedia ( easier than re-telling)

The term spam is derived from the Monty Python SPAM sketch (see video in External Links), set in a cafe where nearly every item on the menu includes SPAM luncheon meat. As the server recites the SPAM-filled menu, a chorus of Viking patrons drowns out all conversations with a song repeating "SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM... lovely SPAM, wonderful SPAM," hence "SPAMming" the dialogue. The excessive amount of SPAM mentioned in the sketch is a reference to British rationing during World War II. SPAM was one of the few foods that was widely available.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28ele...
Reply:No it's not - it is something to do with Monty Python. Bizarre, but I believe it is true. Go research....

My email is sending out spam? I keep getting demon-failure notices that I didn't send out ?

2009-08-08T02:31:00.003-07:00

I think my email has been hacked and is sending out spam to people? How can I stop this?

My email is sending out spam? I keep getting demon-failure notices that I didn't send out ?
Didja ever think about notifying Yahoo, since it's their mail service?!?!?

Yahoo! Customer Service

866-562-7219

When prompted, press 2. If you are using free mail services press 1 but do not press anything after that. Wait on the line until you are transferred to a person. If you press a third button for the free services, you will be told you have to use help online. If you wait, though, you will be transferred to someone who will be able to help you, even with free e-mail accounts. 8am - 5pm M-F (Pacific Time)

The E-Mail address for Yahoo! customer care is

cc-advoc@yahoo-inc.com

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For the 7th time what happens when I designate email as spam? Is it blocked? Or will I get more of the same?

2009-08-08T02:31:00.002-07:00

Why can't I get this answered?

For the 7th time what happens when I designate email as spam? Is it blocked? Or will I get more of the same?
it will block the address of that particular spam, but Yes, you can count on getting more, be careful where you input your email addresses.. Good Luck
Reply:i believe....it depends on the hosting but you would usually get it on your "spam" or "bulk" folder....
Reply:You are not getting a definitive answer because your question is not specific enough.

The answer depends upon the email provider that you are using.

Some will delete before you see them. Others will put them in the bulk folder. Still others will put them into a folder "blocked".

Remember - Rubbish in, rubbish out.
Reply:From experience, when u report e-mail as spam, it goes to ur junk e-mail and is automatically deleted within a few days. It doesn't count on ur e-mail(inbox) storage. It is removed from ur inbox and will always be redirected to junk mail. Hope this helped.
Reply:it's blocked unless they use a different email address or different variation of the same email address

鈽呪槄 BLOCKING SPAM AT YAHOO! 鈽呪槄

鈼?Below is an email message from Yahoo's Mail Abuse Team showing the correct ways to block spam in Yahoo Mail.

鈼?We understand your concerns about receiving unsolicited email, and can certainly empathize with your frustration. Yahoo! Mail offers several tools to help you keep spam out of your Inbox. To find the following tools (except "This Is Spam") click on OPTIONS in your mail account.

鈼?1. "This is Spam" link -- The most effective way to prevent spam from entering your Inbox is to use the "This is Spam" link next to the "From" address in every message you consider spam. By sending examples of spam to Yahoo! for review, it will increase the effectiveness of Spamguard, Yahoo! Mail's filtering system. Yahoo! will use the messages you send to constantly improve the Spamguard technology and help ensure that unwanted messages are delivered to your Bulk Mail Folder rather than your Inbox.

鈼?2. Filters -- Yahoo! Mail offers you the ability to create filters for your account. You can create filters to deliver emails to a special folder, or to the Trash folder that:

* contain specific words or phrases

* are from a sender's domain

* contain other characteristics you find in spam

鈼?Learn more about setting up filters at the Help Desk, located at:

鈽?http://help.yahoo.com/help/mail/manage/m...

鈼?3. Block an address -- Use this feature to block email addresses you do not want to receive email from. When an address is blocked, incoming email from these addresses will be automatically disposed of, without bouncing back to the sender. When you remove an address from your Blocked Addresses list, you will once again be able to receive mail

from that address. For directions on how to block an email address, please visit:

鈽?http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/read/...

鈼?4. Report the spam -- If you receive harassing or unwanted mail from what appears to be a "@yahoo.com" address, you can forward the message directly to us for review at:

a...@yahoo.com

鈼?Please include an unedited copy of the original message along with the full Internet headers. To learn how to display full headers in Yahoo! Mail, please visit:

鈽?http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/confi...

鈼?If you receive unwanted mail from a non-"@yahoo.com" address, you may try contacting the sender's email provider by identifying the sender's domain and contacting the administrator of that domain. Unfortunately, Yahoo! has no control over activities outside its service, and therefore we cannot take action in these situations. The sender's provider should be in a better position to take appropriate action against the sender's account.

鈼?If you have any further questions about spam, please see our Online

Support web page at:

鈽?http://help.yahoo.com/help/mail/spam/

鈽?http://antispam.yahoo.com/tips
Reply:What I do about spam that may help you there.

Open another email account and used it as a spam address. when you have to sign up for something use that address and that will cut down on the amount of spam in the email box that you used for more important stuff or business.

David
Reply:it will block it and some sounding like it, but those spam programs are pretty crafty people you will definately get more spam unless you spend tons of money on a program like baracuda, but that is outrageous price if it is just for a home or small business computer.

Never respond to them asking to be taken off their list because they will then know the address is active and you will get tons more.
Reply:repport as spam to the ebmaster on the domain that the spam is coming from
Reply:one thing happens - the e-mail address of the sender will be stored and if in the future a new mail with the exact same address comes in, it will be stored in the spam folder or blocked completely (depends on your settings).

but in my experience it is pretty useless to designate mail as spam. spammers seldom use the same address twice.

I am starting a sales email (SPAM) company, can you give me your email and tell how to get started?

2009-08-08T02:31:00.001-07:00

HIGH-larious. Thanks for the laugh on this rainy summer day.

I am starting a sales email (SPAM) company, can you give me your email and tell how to get started?
You suck if you're going to do that. IF that was a joke, it was funny.
Reply:You are pretty ignorant... 1st of all, do you not watch the news? SPAM is illegal, and you will go down for it... Heck, I am gonna get the ball rolling, and report you and your email, ip addy, and anything I can to the FBI...

*muwah*
Reply:ur really stupid
Reply:You understand the CAN SPAM act? Hopefully you'll be someones girlfriend in Federal prison.
Reply:There sure wasn't any indication that this is a joke. Why don't you try the jokes%26amp;riddle category?
Reply:Ha, ha, ha! I thought it was pretty funny. Why is everyone else so uptight? It was obviously a joke.

How can I get less spam on my email?

2009-08-08T02:31:00.000-07:00

I used to get no spam whatsoever but over the past few months, I am getting more and more spam!

My Yahoo mail does have a spam filter and it works well but I cant understand that 3 months ago, I got one spam email a month, now I am getting one spam e-mail every few hours!

How can I get less spam on my email?
In addition to John R:

Never visit sites that hosts keymakers, cracks, serials, and similar whereby they can scan your cookies and from it they can deduce your email address then spam you. Other sites to avoid would be the obvious hardcore porn sites, and other similar sites where will ask you for your email address in return for downloading something. If ever you do so your inbox could be flooded with spam emails; and thus I would recommend an add-on TemporaryInbox http://www.temporaryinbox.com/ which works great on Firefox, IE and Opera.

Another thing, even on legitimate commercial websites you visit; once you sign-up for their services, always UNCHECK the box suggesting that the website could provide your email address to other third party. More often than not, these check-box are in small letters, which is sometimes hard to read or notice, and the box is defaulted as checked [meaning you are allowing the website to give out your email address to a third party!]

I usually use filters in YahooMail, whereby most spam emails are directed to Trash Bin, thus limiting my effort in deleting them or the instance of accidentally opening them in Inbox. Aside from reporting spam emails as SPAM when they do appear in the my INBOX, I never open them in the first place. Another thing, if I personally signified on a website subscription, I add that to my online address book to ferret-out the legitimate from the illegitimate ones.

As spammers say "spam is here to stay" as we can see from the frequency they are coming in our inbox.
Reply:In the 1st instance keep reporting the spam emails by clicking the spam button when you receive them. They will not stop as they are sent out using spam software and by using long lists. The spammers using inet trawling software which trawls the inet lookin for the @ symbol. They then hook everything either side of this and store it.

When you place an email on a webpage, never use the @ symbol. Use (at) and tell people to exchange the (at) for @.

If all else fails there is software which will block ip addresses and gatewats etc, or simply change your emil address.

Never ever reply to spam email.Its like saying here I am and I am waiting for your spam.

How did the term "spam," referring to junk email, get started?

2009-08-08T02:30:00.003-07:00

My email is sending out spam? I keep getting demon-failure notices that I didn't send out ?

2009-08-08T02:30:00.002-07:00

For the 7th time what happens when I designate email as spam? Is it blocked? Or will I get more of the same?

2009-08-08T02:30:00.001-07:00

I am starting a sales email (SPAM) company, can you give me your email and tell how to get started?

2009-08-08T02:30:00.000-07:00

How can I get less spam on my email?

2009-08-08T02:29:00.003-07:00

I received spam and the sender's email address was the same as my email address. How is this possible?

2009-08-08T02:29:00.002-07:00

Do I need to change my password or email address? Is my email still secure? It is through Yahoo mail.

I received spam and the sender's email address was the same as my email address. How is this possible?
People impersonate other peoples' email addresses all the time. Just because you receive an email from "yourself" doesn't mean that you have been hacked. However, if you find that mail is marked as read even though you have not yet read it, or any other signs that someone else is logging into your email address, you may need to change your password.
Reply:Generally spam from your own address is the result of a Trojan virus. This can be solved by running a virus check on your computer.

If you don't have virus protection software, you can get free versions from AVG and Spy-bot, however neither are fully comprehensive. If you are looking for a long term solution I recommend CA Internet Security, however this is quite pricey and expires after a year.

Links to free virus protection below...

Alex
Reply:somones messsing with u

How can I stop someone who is using my email account to send out spam mail to the world?

2009-08-08T02:29:00.001-07:00

I tried to change the password, but the mailings continue. Thank you.

How can I stop someone who is using my email account to send out spam mail to the world?
They could not be using your address and how would you know if they were.
Reply:Someone used my yahoo email address to send out spam, too. And how do I know? They sent the spam to me! Report Abuse

Reply:Trojans are a type of virus that can invade your computer. Once your computer is infected, it will send out spam email from your account. You computer is now a zombie and you have no control. Changing your password will not help if it is your computer that is doing the spaming. You need current antivirus software to find the trojan and you may need a special removal software to clean up the computer after you find it.

If a spamer has gotten your email address, then they can send out email with your address in the smpt header and they do not have to access your account to do this. All they have to do is claim that is their return address. Can't do anything about that one except open a new account so you don't get complaints from the recipiants of the spam email.

7 Tips to Help You Reduce or Stop Spam

1. Use a separate email address when you post messages to any public forum, such as newsgroups and mailing lists. Never use your personal email address for this purpose -- or you'll be flooded with spam. Then, you can quickly go through the email in this account to see what's spam and what isn't. And your main personal email address won't be as clogged with spam.

For example, AOL users can set up a special user name for free, and use that for their postings. Then, they can just discontinue that account if they start to get too much spam.

2. Consider acquiring multiple email addresses for different purposes. This helps you to identify different sources and senders, and lets you filter more effectively.

For instance, you may have one for personal use only by friends, family or colleagues that is never used to request information or to subscribe to newsletters, discussion lists, etc.

Another might be used just for sales inquiries or orders, or for making online purchases. This can be arranged through your ISP, web host or through any number of online email service providers.

Even free mail services like Yahoo! Mail and GMail can be used for this purpose.

3. You can subscribe to services online that provide you with disposable addresses that can be deleted if they begin to attract spam messages.

You can create a unique address for each email newsletter or forum you subscribe to. Then, when an email address begins getting spam, you 'throw it away' and start using another email address.

This works because the disposable email addresses actually forward to a real email address of yours. The software lets you track which addresses are getting spam, and you can just resubscribe using a new, spam-free address.

For information on what you need to know about disposable addresses, visit:

http://email.about.com/library/weekly/aa...

Our favorite company that offers disposable email accounts is Sneakemail. It even has a free version:

http://sneakemail.com

4. Remove your email address from your website. If you list or link to your email address, you can expect to be spammed.

Address-harvesting robots will spider your site and extract them. So remove them wherever possible and use web-based forms instead. This will drastically cut down the amount of spam you receive if you have a website.

5. NEVER buy anything from a company that spams. Don't visit their sites or ask for more information. (If you respond to their spams, you're encouraging them to continue spamming -- they only need a tiny fraction of responses to be profitable.)

There's another reason not to buy anything from a company that spams: over 95% of spam offers are scams! In fact, not responding to spam is the single most effective way to not get scammed on the Internet.

6. Filter your email. Using filters is key to managing your email effectively. It may take a short time to figure out how to do this, but it's definitely worthwhile.

For more anti-spam filtering information, visit:

http://email.about.com/cs/spamfiltering/

For more on negative spam filtering, visit:

http://email.about.com/library/howto/htn...

7. Consider subscribing to a spam prevention service. We're not enthusiastic about these services, but many people find them invaluable. They range from the good to the bad to the downright ugly, and from free to fee-based.

Many of these services are "challenge response" services. This means they require that people who send you email to respond by clicking, visiting a website, and/or typing in a code that only a human (not a spam bot) could do correctly.

Unfortunately, many people -- and most newsletter publishers -- simply refuse to participate. That's because it requires people who are sending you legitimate email to take THEIR time to ensure YOU get email.

In fact, many of us consider it rude for you to even ask.

Imagine a newsletter publisher like ScamBusters with 100,000+ subscribers. If even 20% installed this kind of system, that would mean the publisher would have 20,000 challenge/response requests. If each took only half a minute, that would be 167 hours -- or more than four weeks to reply!
Reply:try to fix ur spam guard in opinions if u are using yahoo
Reply:Contact the Network Administrator/IT, then have your IP# logged, Then if a mail is sent from your IP# it is a hack, if it is not from your IP# it is a crack.

Ok, First instance, If the spam is comeing from your IP# that means that a virus code, possible spam bot is on your machine, and will spread through the entire network, so the IT and NA should be alerted.

Second instance, Some one has a keylogger installed on your machine, dont freak out, there is one in IE6,IE7, and most every program on most every computer, some are ok, some are malicious. The spammer just checks the logs, notices the password change and makes an adjustment to match, actually this can all be done with a program. But here is the key, it will be a Unique IP# that has a DNS, maybe a floating IP# but iot is traceable.

There is not one active computer on the WWW that cannot be pinpointed 15 seconds after it logs on.
Reply:Tell them to stop.
Reply:They probably are not actually using your account but instead are spoofing it so it looks like it's from you when it's not.

Or

Your PC could have a mailing virus that is sending mail out from your PC.

Or

You have a password steeler on your PC which is sending them your password whenever you change it.

Make sure you have a very up to date antivirus and scan your PC to be sure.

How to know if my email account is treated as spam?

2009-08-08T02:29:00.000-07:00

Many times when I send emails, my friends says that they haven't got it and those emails never bounced.

Therefore, I would like to know if my email account is treated as spam!

How to know if my email account is treated as spam?
Why is my mail to this person not getting through?

http://ask-leo.com/why_is_my_mail_to_thi...

Legitimate email typically gets erroneously blocked for a couple of reasons: either the receiving system thinks your email looks too much like spam or the receiving system thinks that you're sending it from an address that is or has been accused of being a spammer. Note that I said thinks, and it's the mistakes associated with that thinking that cause legitimate email to be mistaken for spam.

How do I get FREE Yahoo email spam blocker ?

2009-08-08T02:28:00.002-07:00

Its called.. bulk folder.

or... thy block list

How do I get FREE Yahoo email spam blocker ?
Yahoo already implemented their spam blocker, which is the bulk folder section in your e-mail. The spam blocker is continually updated to increase its usefulness in the future.
Reply:Yep its definitely bulk.You might mess around with your settings to make it work.

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Where can I sign an email up for loads of spam?

2009-08-08T02:28:00.001-07:00

Someone hacked my email account, and I have their email adress (they put it as the "alternative email" in the account).

I want revenge, and have decided to sign them up for loads of spam and newsletters.

Links please :)

Where can I sign an email up for loads of spam?
If they were able to hack into your account, do you really think they'd have been stupid enough to put their real email as the alternative email. It will either be someone else's (i.e. another innocent person), or one they have set up for the purpose.

So either way they probably won't care if you spam them, and you could be the one to end up in trouble...
Reply:don't bother doing it.. simple answer.

you should have reported them, and let them deal with it. They can get in s*** for doing it.

either make sure your password is FAR better, or your pc has better security =)
Reply:www.mutualpoints.com

sign them up for that

sign them up for a gay dating site and

other rude stuff that you can find...lol serves them right..

good luck!!!!
Reply:tell u what lol

join them to freecycle and all the groups you can find

there are plenty of e-mails comming out of freecycle what a mess lol

I send school work through email but get a spam message saying it was block by spam filter. How do I fix this?

2009-08-08T02:28:00.000-07:00

Every time I send a message that has to do with school work, I get a spam message saying it was block. I don't know what the problem might be bcuz I do make sure the address is correct, but its still sends me that message.

I send school work through email but get a spam message saying it was block by spam filter. How do I fix this?
What type of e-mail is the school using? Maybe you should try to open an e-mail account of the same type as your school. I never heard of a yahoo mail failing to pass a spam check. If I were you, I would call the school and ask for assistance.

Every email I send goes right to spam folders. I just started using yahoo email. How can I get this resolved?

2009-08-08T02:27:00.002-07:00

I dont bcc or anything weird. Just test emails ones and twos to other accounts and contacts. Keep going to spam folders. Any ideas on resolution?

Every email I send goes right to spam folders. I just started using yahoo email. How can I get this resolved?
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I've recently started getting loads of spam email. Anyone know how I can stop this please?

2009-08-08T02:27:00.001-07:00

I've had the email account for 3 years, then all of a sudden i started getting about 30 junk emails a day, normally tring to get me to buy some strange mecine that I wouldn't want! It's driving me mad!

I've recently started getting loads of spam email. Anyone know how I can stop this please?
You have a few options with blocking spam.

You can get a desktop spam filter such as mailwasher and I it is free.

http://www.mailwasher.net/

Most ISP's offer some spam filtering service from there end, which will stop the spam at their mail servers before it reaches your end. However they usually only make this service available to their hosted emails.

Change your email address.

Basically you won't be able to get your name off the spam lists and your only option is to block it.
Reply:Turn on your spam filter, which will greatly reduce the e-mails. Then, when an individual junk e-mail comes through, click on "spam" to alert your e-mail that this sender is junk. This has greatly reduced the amount of junk coming through my account. I almost got a new e-mail address, until I tried this.
Reply:There has been a huge increase in spam lately. I have started to use a free programme Mail Washer rated 5 out of 5 by consumeractive magazine. It's worth a try to see if it helps you. It's not perfect but it certainly helps me. Download from http://www.mailwasher.net/
Reply:If you click on the below link this site give excellent advice on how to stop spam from clogging up your in box :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/sp...

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How do you remove an email address from the spam list?

2009-08-08T02:27:00.000-07:00

I inadvertently tagged an email as spam. How can I get it of the spam list so I can still receive emails from this sender?

How do you remove an email address from the spam list?
2 ways you can go to your bulk folder and open the email and click "Not Spam"

OR

Go to "Options" It is above your email

Click on "Blocked Addresses"

Click on the Address you want to remove block

Click on "Remove Block"

This should remove the block and allow it to start coming into your inbox. Hope this helps!!!
Reply:Thank you for choosing my answer. I hope you could use the info!! Report Abuse

Reply:If it's a yahoo account, it probably won't matter. I still get spam in my regular inbox. Check your options, it may allow you to correct this.
Reply:you should be able to right click on it and mark it as normal mail, or there should be an option somewhere to do the same.

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How do I limit spam more in my email in-box?

2009-08-08T02:26:00.003-07:00

I tried to put the filter on high but then I couldn't get in to my own email in-box?!

How do I limit spam more in my email in-box?
There has been a huge increase in spam lately. I have started to use a free programme Mail Washer rated 5 out of 5 by consumeractive magazine. It's worth a try to see if it helps you. It's not perfect but it certainly helps me. Download from http://www.mailwasher.net/

How to turn off email deletion confirmation for spam folder?

2009-08-08T02:26:00.002-07:00

Go to your Blocked Addresses list and get their names back in your address book. If you have your spam filters on, any mail that comes to you of which is not in your address book is considered spam.

Click on "Options" from your yahoo mail page. When the options page opens, scroll down to and click on "Block Addresses."

Find the contact you want back in your address book, highlight it and click "Remove Block."

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How is it possible that I receive spam sometimes from my email address?

2009-08-08T02:26:00.001-07:00

Every so often when i empty my bulk folder I'll see an email from my address. I've changed my password twice since noticing it and it's happened again.

How is it possible that I receive spam sometimes from my email address?
Changing your Password won't help and... is not needed in this case.

Email addresses can be faked and that's what these scammers do when you receive a message from "yourself".

The message is very probably not sent by your Email address.

It's just another method of getting your attention. You may not be fooled by it, but.... when 0.1% of a million Spams result in buying, that still means 1000 customers.

How do I stop email that beats the spam blocker by changing one digit at the end of it's address?

2009-08-08T02:26:00.000-07:00

The address has 3 digits at the end. everytime one is blocked they change a digit and get through again!

How do I stop email that beats the spam blocker by changing one digit at the end of it's address?
As the previous answer stated that is the way the spammers avoid the spam filter. Just keep clicking the Spam Button so the Spam filter programs will learn. Yes, the Yahoo Mail Spam Filter does learn and will soon recognize the changing number trick and learn to block the Base IP address.

To avoid getting spam, quit using you email address as a general ID. A simple Google of "How do I stop Spam?" will get you tons of information.

The best method I found is the Yahoo Mail Plus Address Guard. It allow you to make and use "Disposable Email Addresses". You give out the disposable addresses and when spam starts coming to it, delete it, make a new disposable address. Works like a charm. I recommend using this with a new email account. The old address is already on a list getting supplied to any spammer that wants it. The spam to that address will never stop.
Reply:It takes time to learn. This usually requires you to keep submitting the new one each time one comes. It make take 8 or 10 times for the learning process. Remember, it's a computer. It ain't as smart as a human. Not yet, anyway. Report Abuse

Reply:That's what spam is, and that's how spammers get past spam filters. You don't answer them, or open them, you keep putting them in the spam folder.

Someone is using my email address to send SPAM?

2009-08-08T02:25:00.003-07:00

When I checked my SPAM folder this morning, I noticed emails with my email address in the FROM field. So it appeared that I had sent the email, when of course I didn't. Are these types of emails just going to me, or is someone using my email address to send emails to a larger community? This is concerning.

Someone is using my email address to send SPAM?
they're not just going to you. just change your password and problem solved. i found something like that in my email. i marked it as SPAM and then went in and changed my password to something NOBODY can figure out and that was it. i found out later a few people i know got them from me. if whoever hacked you was smart they wouldn't send it to your own in-box because that makes it so easy to get caught.
Reply:Right click on the E-mail, go down to properties, left click on properties, left click on details and look for the IP address of the sender, which you will find under 'received from'. The sender can be identified under 'originating IP address". Contact the server company and complain that their member is sending out spam. Give them the originating IP address, or forward the whole E-mail to them.
Reply:I get messages like that too. Spammers can doctor messages to look like they come from anybody. That's their way of getting the messages past email spam filters. I wouldn't worry about it any more than you worry about any other spam. Just delete it without opening it and you will be fine.

How do I stop email that beats the spam blocker by changing one digit at the end of it's address?

2009-08-08T02:25:00.002-07:00

Someone is using my email address to send SPAM?

2009-08-08T02:25:00.001-07:00

When I checked my SPAM folder this morning, I noticed emails with my email address in the FROM field. So it appeared that I had sent the email, when of course I didn't. Are these types of emails just going to me, or is someone using my email address to send emails to a larger community? This is concerning.

Someone is using my email address to send SPAM?
Right click on the E-mail, go down to properties, left click on properties, left click on details and look for the IP address of the sender, which you will find under 'received from'. The sender can be identified under 'originating IP address". Contact the server company and complain that their member is sending out spam. Give them the originating IP address, or forward the whole E-mail to them.
Reply:I get messages like that too. Spammers can doctor messages to look like they come from anybody. That's their way of getting the messages past email spam filters. I wouldn't worry about it any more than you worry about any other spam. Just delete it without opening it and you will be fine.
Reply:they're not just going to you. just change your password and problem solved. i found something like that in my email. i marked it as SPAM and then went in and changed my password to something NOBODY can figure out and that was it. i found out later a few people i know got them from me. if whoever hacked you was smart they wouldn't send it to your own in-box because that makes it so easy to get caught.

How do I retreive deleted "Spam" email?

2009-08-08T02:25:00.000-07:00

Email received in "Inbox" and was classified as "Spam" creating a deletion thereof.

How do I retreive deleted "Spam" email?
sorry.it's gone to cyber he*l.kiss it good bye
Reply:you can only check your trash if you have a web-baseed email account like yahoo or hotmail.

but if you can if you use outlook or other pop3 email programs that install on your hard drive.

http://www.google.com/search?q=restore+d...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;lr=%26amp;q...
Reply:Not possible.
Reply:Depending on what email client you are using, the deleted mail may be in your 'trash bin'. That would be your only chance.
Reply:If you have Yahoo! email, look in the "Trash". Quickly.
Reply:can't.
Reply:you can't it's permanently deleted
Reply:Yes you can if you are using yahoo... Coz if you delete any mail from bulk folder or from inbox it will directly go to the Trash folder... So check there %26amp; l pray for you... %26amp; remember in Trash folder the deleted mail doesnt last more than 1 day...

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How do spammers get my email address and send me spam related to sites I've viewed?

2009-08-08T02:24:00.002-07:00

I haven't used my email address anywhere online or registered programs with it, but I am getting spam email now that relates to specific sites or topics that I've surfed to on the internet. Where are they getting my details from?

How do spammers get my email address and send me spam related to sites I've viewed?
When sending/receiving any bulk e-mails, make sure u use Bcc: instead of To: or Cc:

The long lists of e-mail addresses attached to forwarded mails are a new source of e-mail ids for the spammers. So don't forward mails as it is. Copy-paste and create a fresh mail.
Reply:You probably have spyware that is reporting back to it's creator all your details including email address and surfing habits. Get a spyware removal program like spybot or adaware. They are both free.

How to stop spam from pouring in my email?

2009-08-08T02:24:00.001-07:00

Spam messages kept on pouring almost everyday in my email. How can I stop this at this point? Please help ... I will greatly appreciate any helpful advice.

Thank you in advance with your helpful advices.

How to stop spam from pouring in my email?
Even if you change your current email, you will eventually end up with the same problem most of us have, too much spam and unwanted emails in the inbox.

So, in addition to blocking emails and websites (facility provided by Yahoo in Options -%26gt; Mail Options -%26gt; Spam), some spammers generate email addresses so you then have to use Filters.

... and in addition to what Yahoo thinks is Spam, you may set Filters to "move" emails with certain key words, such as INHERITANCE, SEX, ROLEX ..., to a new folder which you may call MY WASTE or MY JUNK.

This way such span doesn't clutter your input tray/folder and you may look at it/review it at your ease.
Reply:There has been a huge increase in spam lately. I have started to use a free programme Mail Washer rated 5 out of 5 by consumeractive magazine. It's worth a try to see if it helps you. It's not perfect but it certainly helps me. Download from http://www.mailwasher.net/
Reply:Open the messenges and look at the bottom for unsubscribe icon,Click it and put in ur email ,

WaaaLaaa!!!
Reply:use gmail.
Reply:go to settings and click block contacts or spam controls and change them
Reply:press right click on the mouse then click delete

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Why does spam email have a little clippet of a book at the end?

2009-08-08T02:24:00.000-07:00

Example:

VIuAGRA

VAuLIUM

AMuBIEN

CIuALIS

http://www.------------

,

,

,

down with the others.

No chairs for us? I asked, but was ignored. Fido felt equally

irked, jumped up onto the table and barked. Jumped back to the floor

Why does spam email have a little clippet of a book at the end?
The simple answer is the spammer is trying to use the clippet to try and fool the spam filters on most systems, but it rarely works on a system that is looking for content, keyword, and composition.
Reply:Thank you Idp88.

That's your best comeback leonarda?... come on... Report Abuse

Reply:cuz it does!!...come on...

How can I restore my friends email Address sent on spam guardy mistake?

2009-08-08T02:23:00.003-07:00

The address was put on spam gurd while I was deleting some junks that get into my MBox

How can I restore my friends email Address sent on spam guardy mistake?
Go to the blocked addresses page and remove your friend's address from the blocked address list.

How can I check my allowed senders list of email addresses on my spam filter?

2009-08-08T02:23:00.002-07:00

Click on the word Spam in the left navigation bar to open your spam mail folder. If it is a good address (a friend), click the Add icon across from the From name. If it isn't someone you know to be safe, click Delete.

Is there a way to find the email addresses of the spam email one gets?

2009-08-08T02:23:00.001-07:00

Try this.

In your in box right click on one of your new mails. Then go to properties and click that. It should then open and show you the address.

Hope it works for you........

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Trying to send email through Outlook Express my IP address is blocked because of excessive spam email traffic?

2009-08-08T02:23:00.000-07:00

Don't have any addresses being blocked in Outlook, although I am running Mailwasher in which I use the "Blacklist" facility. Am having to use my ISP home page to send email at present. Any ideas you may have would be appreciated. Thanx

Trying to send email through Outlook Express my IP address is blocked because of excessive spam email traffic?
it will happen in thunderbird too.. once your ip is in a spam database your isp will not allow you to send and receive in a mailclient..
Reply:Download Thunderbird email client http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird... and try from there.

Is there a website where you can send an email address to spammers so that that person's email gets spam.?

2009-08-08T02:22:00.003-07:00

How do i remove an email address from my spam list?

2009-08-08T02:22:00.002-07:00

i have mistakenly marked a friend's email address as spam. how do I remove it as the emails are currently blocked.

How do i remove an email address from my spam list?
For a "spam oops".

With Classic Mail,

When you spam something---that email is deleted and the sender blocked.

You would have to unblock them.

Mail page%26gt;%26gt;options (top right)%26gt;%26gt;block addresses. Find that address on the blocked list---click on it---click "remove block, and you will get their mail again.

With the "All-New Mail, or updated version of Classic:

When you spam it----the sender is NOT blocked, but future emails from them will likely go to your "Spam" folder---in which case, you will have to open that mail and then click the "not spam" tab. They will then be sent to your inbox again..
Reply:Hi there,

I think Spamfighter is the best program i have ever used, it is very easy to use and i have no problems with it, I have not had any spam since I put the program on..

Download free trial here..
Reply:There should be a list that you can review and make changes to. Find it, then find your friends e-mail address and click remove and save changes
Reply:unsubscribe to the spam or click link that says remove address forever, there alwasy a link on the bottom.
Reply:re add it

How do i delete an email account after continuous spam emails?

2009-08-08T02:22:00.001-07:00

You have to delete your whole account. It is a package deal with all of your other yahoo accounts (360, IM, YQA, email, etc... ).

Stay out of your account for 4 months and yahoo will delete due to inactivity

OR

delete all of your yahoo accounts go to: https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_use...

Hope this helps!!!

How do i delete an email account after continuous spam emails?
Go here: https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_use...

Follow all the prompts when you close out your account. Please be sure to read all warnings very carefully during the account deletion process.

Warning: Once you terminated your account, you will lose access to it as well as all of your stored information.
Reply:Just leave it and get a new account elsewhere. I recommend Gmail.

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What's the best bit of Spam (email, not sandwich stuff) you've ever had?

2009-08-08T02:22:00.000-07:00

I keep a mental note of my favourites. :P

So far my best has been somebody trying to sell me this robot that ... you know ... makes money. (Yes, it was that vague).

I also get the usual bucketful of penis-enlargement ones, which is strange, because I am female. ;)

Any good ones you'd care to share? I need a chuckle.

What's the best bit of Spam (email, not sandwich stuff) you've ever had?
mine are always the usual rubbish about viagra i mean what do i want to know about a waterfall for? :-)
Reply:Incresing sperm volume, 'Lab-tested female sensual enhancer', loans (which I have never needed), pills, time to get skinny (I'm skinny enough thank you), watches, laptops.

Increase male length by at least 2 inches in just weeks. Average gain exceeded 3 inches

- Increase width, musculature and thickness by at least 15%

- Amazing increase in volume of ejaculate

- Intense, wave like multiple orgasms achieved

'Maxgain+ helped partners achieve climax almost three times as often'. YEAH RIGHT!
Reply:This is one I have in my spam folder right now, check out the spelling.

From :Janke Manginelli

Subject : pantechnicon Ni hao, are you a freqquent visitor of retaail softwaree strores? We know what you're.........

I'm not clicking on it to find out the rest. Like I'm gonna buy what he's selling, pfft :P
Reply:I get ones that say they've found the secret to cash.....

the best one was that Dave or someone was explaining to me that Mike wasn't such a bad guy, he was actually quite nice..... i got confused and deleted it.
Reply:I've had the same stuff as you but this one was realy funny all it said was DONT EAT POOP weird right!?
Reply:I've gotten spam about m%26amp;ms before.

How do I move an important email from the spam folder to my inbox?

2009-08-05T16:19:00.003-07:00

In Yahoo it's called the Bulk folder. Open the message then click on the Move button next to other buttons such as Delete, Spam and Mark. The Move button will allow you to move your message to any folder.

How do I move an important email from the spam folder to my inbox?
left click and hold on the folder

and drag it to your inbox

Does Yahoo offer a better email spam software?I am tired of several spam emails each day?

2009-08-05T16:19:00.002-07:00

get a new one! :)

Does Yahoo offer a better email spam software?I am tired of several spam emails each day?
Yahoo and Gmail offer the best spam suppression.

Is there a website where you can send an email address to spammers so that that person's email gets spam.?

2009-08-05T16:19:00.001-07:00

I need to know this so that someone who I know as been giving me spam gets some too!

Is there a website where you can send an email address to spammers so that that person's email gets spam.?
the best way to do this is to click on one of those annoying banner ads on myspace and fill in the person's email address on about 10 of those a day for a week and they will no longer be able to use their email because of so much SPAM. But you really gotta hate someone to do that...
Reply:"someone who I know as been giving me spam" This is not true.

Spammers use address books stolen from other people's computers to trick you into thinking the Spam came from a friend.

The truth is: you give Spammers your own address and those of your friends every time you Forward Email using CC instead of BCC.

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I accidentally sent an email to spam and now when that person,emails me, I don't receive it. How do fix this?

2009-08-05T16:19:00.000-07:00

Spam oops.

With Classic Mail.

When you spam something---that email is deleted and the sender blocked.

You would have to unblock them.

Mail page%26gt;%26gt;options (top right)%26gt;%26gt;block addresses. Find that address on the blocked list---click on it---click "remove block, and you will get their mail again.

With the "All-New Mail, (and coming soon to Classic)

When you spam it----the sender is NOT blocked, but future emails from them will likely go to your "Spam" folder---in which case, you will have to open that mail and then click the "not spam" tab. They will then be sent to your inbox again..

I accidentally sent an email to spam and now when that person,emails me, I don't receive it. How do fix this?
its simple, open you bulk/spam mail section check the email which you accidentally marked as spam and once you have checked it (selected) you click on not spam (or move to inbox) options depending on your mail client. (usually these options r there on the top of the screen, in the header)

also if the email has been deleted then you need to ask the person to email you back, check you spam/ bulk mail folder nd follow the above process....
Reply:You'll have to go into your preferences to change your "filters". You didn't say whether or not you were using Yahoo or another mailing system, but with YahooMail you can always go to "Mail Options". Choose the "Spam" folder and readjust your options there from the "Blocked Email Addresses" area. You can "remove" the email from the list.

Good luck!
Reply:Send an email to this person and ask them to send you a test email. Give a time element, like in 10 minutes.

Go to your spam box, change the settings to allow you to keep spam for a week before deleting.

When the new email comes in, check your spam box.. the email should be there waiting, open it, and send it to your inbox. Also, make sure that you have added them into your contact list.

Have them email you again to make sure it works. If it does, then go back to your spam box, reset the settings to delete immediately. Should be good to go..
Reply:Probably depends on your e-mail provider, but with Yahoo, you can go into your spam folder, and select that e-mail, and mark it 'not spam'.
Reply:Go to your spam folder, and then remark it as NOT SPAM. It can be confusing , but good luck.

What is the best personal email spam gateway blocker software on the market?

2009-08-05T16:18:00.003-07:00

grisoft antivirus. Free.

What is the best personal email spam gateway blocker software on the market?
I use Spamihilator and I'm very satisfied.
Reply:There is a way to lose the Spam and junk mail in your private communications without special software. See the private email system at http://viabruce.newnetmail.com . Its FREE and you can share it with all your friends for free. If anyone upgrades to extra features you can earn money. Only email addresses that you have registered in your account can send mail to your box. Great for family and friends. I keep my regular email for online purchases and sign ups.

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Is there any way to stop spam porn email?

2009-08-05T16:18:00.002-07:00

Help! I've been using spamguard plus and blocking addresses but they must have a billion. I'm almost full of blocked addresses and then what? Lately they are coming to my inbox and this just isn't funny!

Is there any way to stop spam porn email?
You are doing what all of us do to. On the blocked addresses. If they get old they usually aren`t in use any longer. I do a three month delete all of blocked addresses. Surprizingly I don`t get very much Spam at all. I was getting 180 Spams a day. But got it down to 10 a day. Any Inbox Spam just click the Spam button on them. This alerts Yahoo to put tougher restrictions on the Spam filter.

What do you do if someone is using your email address to send spam?

2009-08-05T16:18:00.001-07:00

I keep recieving emails from mailer-daemon saying my mail was undeliverable.....but I havent sent any mail. But I looked at the message that was supposed to have been sent by me, and it was an advertisement for viagara!! I have tried finding phone numbers for yahoo to call them, but came up with nothing. Can you help?

What do you do if someone is using your email address to send spam?
The obvious would be change your pass word. Try going to TOOLS then INTERNET OPTIONS then DELETE COOKIES then DELETE FILES all this in the Temp Files Box

Then go to your Add and Delete programs in MY COMPUTER and see if you dont have an extra program in there that somehow go in and doesnt belong.

Use a free program called SPYBOT to see if at least you dont have problems in that area and you can fix the simple ones with this program.
Reply:Go to the Forum and inquire on whom you can contact.

Is anyone else overloaded with spam in their work email accounts?

2009-08-05T16:18:00.000-07:00

Our company spam rates have shot up, I calculated only 12% was good emails, and that does not include the spam that got through the filter... anyone else found the same thing in the last few months?

Is anyone else overloaded with spam in their work email accounts?
yes I have found the same problem, even with all the blockers turned on I still receive them,? if you find out why drop me a line. cheers
Reply:I have an account ( totally free ) with www.mail.com and out of the 3 years i've had it i only recieved maybe 7 . They are GREAT !!!!!!!!

this is the 12th free email site i've tried too !!
Reply:its a little high but it could be what your end users are doing with their email address online. ( such as signing up for crap etc )

i run an internet service, our mail server stops about 40,000 / day. Our rate of legit email is about 20%
Reply:I always use a temporary mailbox like mailinator.com if you have to register with a website certainly,keeps my junk mail down.
Reply:Over the period of say a full day we get some 100 - 150 of these. Seems the one's we get are from on-line pharmacies or from armerican based financial outfits. We've got probably the same commerical blockers as yourself but they still get through. What is actually laughable, you'll probably notice you'll not get the same high volume spam on a private e-mail address. Drug sales are one thing, but you'd think that the senders of the financial spam would realize that it's pointless sending them to anywhere other than to United States addresses. Even if customers in Europe where interested, they're not eligible because of business rules and constraints peculiar to the US. Pointless, pointless, pointless...
Reply:i dont get any spam to my work email. now with my hotmail i do get a couple...
Reply:check out this latest article from yahoo:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070813...
Reply:that is because the exchange server where your mail is being routed from doesn't have the proper protection installed to block spam

contact your network admin and ask them why not. Get a software for the server called ninja spam protection
Reply:We don't get spam e-mails but last week, I had 2 days off work and got back to 73 e-mails. First hour was spent sifting through and deleting with a coffee in hand. Hard life.
Reply:Alot of people send out SPAM Emails EVERYDAY!

Its a buinsess trick - Some people use advertising, some use Spam
Reply:12% is a bad ratio for a business , We receive around 500 a day at our company but only 5-10 a week get though Mailmarshal and the rules we have set up.

78% of spam getting through to the staff can only be detrimental to your company.

How to un-spam my own email address in Yahoo Mail?

2009-08-05T16:17:00.003-07:00

I send email to myself for record keeping. A lot of time, the email goes to the spam folder. I have put my email address in the contact, but still it goes to the spam folder.

How to un-spam my own email address in Yahoo Mail?
Open any of them that are currently in the spam folder and then click the "NOT Spam" tab.

They will be returned to your inbox and "should" break the cycle.
Reply:Try a filter that routes email from a specific address (ie yours) to a specific folder eg sent.to.me

Alternatively, check your email client for a setting to save the emails you send in a sent folder.

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How to turn on spam-ware for yahoo email?

2009-08-05T16:17:00.002-07:00

I keep getting alot of junk emails and Im trying to prevent some them from coming through. Please help.

How to turn on spam-ware for yahoo email?
Go into mail options and click on spam protection. Make sure SpamGuard is turned on and your good to go.

How can you stop recieving spam email from porn sites?

2009-08-05T16:17:00.001-07:00

I never got it but now I'm starting to get it since a few days ago..how do you stop it?

How can you stop recieving spam email from porn sites?
In options on the mail page enter spam and have it block all images it thinks is spam. This will slow down some of it.
Reply:just ignore them do not open at all they will stop
Reply:Just click on Spam, eventually they will all start to go into your bulk/spam folder. That's what the bulk folder is designed for.

Or you can go to Options, blocks addresses, then type in their address.
Reply:you can check it as spam..or go to the bottom...and it sometimes has a link to stoop getting e-mails.
Reply:I actually just block the address. I know that's not a lot of help but if it doesn't go in my spam filter, then I block them

Do you get repetitive spam on Yahoo email?

2009-08-05T16:17:00.000-07:00

I report spam faithfully, but the same spam comes back day after day. For instance, if I have 18 messages on a given morning, approximately 16 are spam. At least half of those are spam I've reported before, always with thanks!

Do you get repetitive spam on Yahoo email?
I have the same problem. Yahoo Mail is pretty much a crap hole. Only recently did they copy gmail and put a search option for mail. I've never had such a problem with any other email (hotmail, gmail...) Yahoo has a long way to go before they'll be ready to compete with the big boys.
Reply:When you mark a message as spam mail does this not mean that, that person can no longer send you mail. Could you not check with yahoo if you can block the person or email address from permantly sending you mail. I personally do not get any spam mail. I suppose it depends on how much you actually use your account and give out your email address.
Reply:I do the same everyday and it seems the ones I just spamed come back with a vengence. I dont think there spam blocker works.
Reply:Sometimes but not alot
Reply:I've never had a problem with spam on my Yahoo email account.

How can I contact Yahoo about recovering an email address I put into spam?

2009-08-05T16:16:00.002-07:00

I accidently put a couple of needed email contacts into Spam and now they are not able to contact me. How can I correct this problem?

How can I contact Yahoo about recovering an email address I put into spam?
When you clicked "Spam", the message went into your Spam folder.

Here's how to retrieve a message from the Spam folder:

鈻?Open the Spam folder by clicking it in the folder list on the left side of the page.

鈻?Click the message that you marked spam by mistake.

鈻?Click the "Not Spam" button along the top of the window.
Reply:They can still contact you, but they just go to spam. Just check your spam folder more frequently and when you see there emails, open and i will say something like "not spam" and it will go to your inbox.
Reply:also, if you know the email address of that so called "spam", put it in your yahoo address book. from there on in it will go into your regular inbox!

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What to do when you get spam from your own email?

2009-08-05T16:16:00.001-07:00

I've just received a spam email from my own email account, does this mean that someone has hacked into my account? I've changed my password but should I also delete my account as well?

What to do when you get spam from your own email?
Usually it means that someone is spoofing your address - pretending to be you, while not actually using your account to send the mail.

You can try reporting it to your mail provider, but there's not usually much they can do about it.

When I check Spam on an email, does that disable the sender's email account?

2009-08-05T16:16:00.000-07:00

I wish it did. Then I wouldn't have to make an abuse report with full headers. I get all kinds of emails saying they want me to be next of kin or that I won a lottery, etc.

When I check Spam on an email, does that disable the sender's email account?
That would certainly be nice - but then people would abuse this power to get LEGITIMATE users (such as yourself) deleted in the same manner!

That's why they give us a Spam Folder - so that all that crap can be dumped into one place, but you CAN rescue anything that SHOULDN'T be there ;);););)
Reply:Good Lord, if you make an abuse report out of every spam you get, I'm surprised Yahoo hasn't disabled YOUR account. Yahoo knows you get spam - they know I get spam. They know everyone in the world gets spam, because Yahoo is the world's largest provider of free email.

Click on spam and stop opening this crap and you'll get less and less of it.

What is the strangest spam email you have ever gotten?

2009-08-05T16:15:00.003-07:00

I keep getting ones that say "Sexy baby and bad erection?" What the heck does THAT mean? I (a straight female) also keep getting spam emails that say "Women are asking for you" and "A cold shower is suggested before viewing these sexy ladies". It really creeps me out. What about y'all? Any strange spam lately?

What is the strangest spam email you have ever gotten?
I've found many weird ones...

"TOO SHY TO F**K WITH YOUR SHORT DICK?..."

"DOUBLE YOUR LENGTH TODAY!"

among others.
Reply:I never look at my spam e mail. It goes straight to a different folder and I erase it without opening it.

How can I turn an incomming email address into spam and not let it enter my email address? Thanks?

2009-08-05T16:15:00.002-07:00

In order for it to go to spam, you have to have it at least once in your mail box. Check mark the mail item in question, and then click on the 'Spam' button, it will be sent to the spam box and if working properly delivered directly to your spam box if sent to you again.

However, you can also totally block that address from your mail.

Look for the 'Options' link at upper right corner of mail screen and click on it

Options /mail options / blocked addresses

Enter the E-mail address you wish blocked and click on 'add block'

you will never get mail from that address again.

Hope this has helped

find friends

I closed a webpage, but still get a lot of spam email through the address there. How do I stop it?

2009-08-05T16:15:00.001-07:00

try deleting the cookies related to that website. if that doesnt work, you might have a trojan.

I closed a webpage, but still get a lot of spam email through the address there. How do I stop it?
you cannot receive spam just by viewing a webpage only.

you may have a trojan...............

How do i get rid of all of my spam and junk email from yahoo?

2009-08-05T16:15:00.000-07:00

I have been getting like 2000 messages(literally) in my bulk mail how do i get rid of that?

How do i get rid of all of my spam and junk email from yahoo?
you can go to account settings and then you can go to mail settings when you go to mail settings something should say spam setting and it should give you your options there
Reply:Click on the "empty" that should be to the right of the bulk mail indicator. You will get a prompt that informs you that deletion from the bulk mail bin is permanent. Click "ok" and watch as the number drops from that 2000 to 0.

How can I prevent spam harvester getting my email addresses from our website?

2009-08-05T16:14:00.003-07:00

When I post my email address on our website, I get tons of spam. Is there any way to show the email, but to be safe from spam harvester.

How can I prevent spam harvester getting my email addresses from our website?
Here's a web site where you can plug in your email address and it will create the Javascript code that you can just copy and paste into your site.

Your email address will look normal and unprotected when you browse the page, but the spam harvesters won't be able to capture it. I've used it alot and it works great. It has already cut down on my spam.
Reply:You can create html form and use php or perl to send an email to yourself. This way no one will ever get to know your email id. Another possibility is to create an image with your email ID. You can use Paintbrush under windows XP or Gimp under Linux OS. However I recommend you to create simple php or perl form to send an email. See php example below.
Reply:If you use mailto:me@yadda.com you WILL get spam. There are a couple things you can do:

1.) Create a form that will submit user comments to a script. The script will then send you the email.

2.) Do not use "mailto:" but instead use english language to tell users how to email you. E.g. "email me at me (at) yadda (dot) com"
Reply:Create a JPG or GIF with the email written on it. Then post the image of your address. People will have to write or type out your address, but a harvester will not be able to get it easily. Do not put your email address in the ALT tag either.
Reply:The path of least user-difficulty would be to use javascript to do this in a way that will be transparent to your visitors.

Use a generic javascript method, such as one of the ones described here on the following page:

http://sig9.com/articles/hide-email

This is what I prefer, since the "mailto" links still work in the easy way they are supposed to.
Reply:I read about similar topic from my friend Deep's blog, you might be interested :

"These days contact from hijacking is on run鈥pammers are using weak contact forms to send spam emails and this makes a server black listed in many sites. The most of the AOL emails are targetted by the spammers.

I came across this when one of my client鈥檚 contact form was hijacked and my server IP got black listed. I figured out the problem with the help of Outblaze guys and fixed the issues with the form but that was not the fixed solution to this."

Complete Info : http://www.whoisdeep.com/2005/11/29/savi...

How can you efectively block a person from you email besides spam?

2009-08-05T16:14:00.002-07:00

While in your email, go to Options, then to Block Addresses...type the addresses in you wish to block.

How can you efectively block a person from you email besides spam?
CLICK ON THE PERSON'S NAME , RIGHT CLICK AND THEN CHOOSE "BLOCK"
Reply:when you open the e-mail it usually gives you an option of blocking sender.
Reply:its called the block option.

look it up!
Reply:Every email program has a blocked senders list that you can put email addresses in. Especially with Outlook and Lotus, you can create rules and even block domains.
Reply:I'm curious myself. I'll be checking back for the answers and thank you for asking this question.
Reply:If you have a firewall (included in many virus protection packages or some are free that have limited options) simply look at the full header of the acct/person you want to permanently block from all email services and find the ISP which identifies that computer (for a normal one person computer user, spammers may have multiple ISP's but typically have the first 2=3 numbers in all of their ISP;s) The ISP will look similar to this 70.111.11.111. You can also see your ISP as it will be at the top of email and will look like this:

X-Apparently-To: mrniceguy@yahoo.com via %26lt;B%26gt;111.10.44.127%26lt;/B%26gt;; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:18:58 -0700

alexa

Why does Yahoo allow obvious spammers to continually send spam to our email?

2009-08-05T16:14:00.001-07:00

I realize that yes, there's a spam folder.... However, why can't we report them as you can on Yahoo Messenger?

Why does Yahoo allow obvious spammers to continually send spam to our email?
This is not Yahoo's doing. This is the spammers. We have spam filters on our mail for that purpose. Spammers can get around them. As long as they are in the spam/bulk bin just empty it. If in your inbox just mark spam and forget about it. It's crazy the amount we are getting lately.

I think I might have inadvertently marked my wife's work email as spam. How can I un-spam it?

2009-08-05T16:14:00.000-07:00

If it's not in the bulk/spam folder (open and click "not spam)-----then it's been put on the blocked list. You will have to unblock it.

Mail page%26gt;%26gt;options (top right)%26gt;%26gt;block addresses. Find that address on the list----click on it----click "remove block".

?? If you're using Beta or New Mail ??

Mail page%26gt;%26gt;options%26gt;%26gt;mail options%26gt;%26gt;spam%26gt;%26gt;block addresses.

I think I might have inadvertently marked my wife's work email as spam. How can I un-spam it?
This question is impossible to answer if you don't tell us what you use to sent your email.

You might be able to do it simply by sending an email to her address.
Reply:press spam again thats what i do and it works

Why does my spam email contain snippets from stories?

2009-08-05T16:13:00.003-07:00

It's really weird. This week, I've been getting bits from Stephen King's "Misery." Last week, the spam contained stuff from "David Copperfield." I don't get it.

Why does my spam email contain snippets from stories?
They are trying to fool the anti-spam engines. By including either a long string of fairly random words or part of a novel they are changing the look of the e-mail from something that looks like spam (predictable words and formatting) to something that looks like it might be something else.

The war continues - the anti-spam tools get better and the spammers find new ways around them....
Reply:They are probably trying to (a) make the mail look credible to you and (b) make it appear like a real message so it will evade spam filters. Spam filters are good at getting rid of jibberish, but if the message looks like it has some real content, the spam filters have to do more work to determine of it's spam or not.
Reply:Sapmmers wanna cheat you so that you can think it is a serious message.
Reply:I don't open spam
Reply:Hey I got that too!! The mail seems to be like a notice for stock market movements %26amp; tips for trading. I get these emails from different senders every time. One day I decided to read one of them %26amp; I noticed that at the bottom of the email there was like a paragraph out of a novel. I never noticed it before because it looked like a Disclaimer Notice which usually appears at the end if it was sent using company email.

Wierd!

Spam Email Verification: Is there software to require email senders to type a security code before email sent?

2009-08-05T16:13:00.002-07:00

I want software (or plugin for Outlook/Entourage) to allow me to control spam emails. I'd like to be able to add senders to an approved list. If the sender is not on the approved list, they receive an automatic "reply email" requesting that they type in a verification code shown in a graphic. This allows the original message to be received but blocks automatic senders who don't reply with the verification code. Sender may still be added to a blocked list at the user's discretion.

Spam Email Verification: Is there software to require email senders to type a security code before email sent?
The type of approach that you describe has already been widely tried and discarded. There were some major email providers that had this functionality not too long ago, but it simply doesn't work effectively - many legitimate users won't bother with the message that you automatically send to them. You not think that would be the case, but it's already been shown to be true.
Reply:Here are two sites to check out some free Anti-spam programs. The second one lists several programs.

http://www.spambutcher.com/spamblockings...

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/emailspa...
Reply:NO

yahoo

Stopping email from going to spam folder?

2009-08-05T16:13:00.001-07:00

I like to email myself notes of things I need to remember for work etc. I send them from my email to myself. I added my email addy to my friends list but the messages keep going in the bulk folder. any ideas on how to stop it?

Stopping email from going to spam folder?
Just dont send those annoying little e-mails to ureself love

Is there a way of BLOCKING spam email from arriving on my cell phone?

2009-08-05T16:13:00.000-07:00

I've been plagued recently by junk mail text messages on my phone!!

Is there a way of BLOCKING spam email from arriving on my cell phone?
HOW to block it depends on who your provider is.. with T-Mobile you can log into T-Mobile.com with your mobile # and password and go to communication tools tab, then select spam/keyword filters..from there you can block keywords or email addresses
Reply:If you have Verizon just dial *611 and tell them about it. They'll take care of it.

How do i stop getting spam in my email?

2009-08-05T16:12:00.002-07:00

I will atleast get 30 spam emails a day. And thats when i mark them as spam.

How do i stop getting spam in my email?
Switch to gmail. I get about 3 a week and only in the spam folder.

Also, don't sign up for sweepstakes and things. They are selling your info to spammers.

.

Where can find a Free Spam Filter for email?

2009-08-05T16:12:00.001-07:00

i need a free tool can help me fiter spam mail.i use Outlook Express .thanks.

Where can find a Free Spam Filter for email?
SPAMfighter has partnered up with Microsoft to build the strongest, safest, and most effective anti spam filter on the market. If you use Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Mail and you want to get rid of spam, just install SPAMfighter. And if you use it at home, it's 100% free.

http://tinyurl.com/SPAMfighters

gfans

How do I block a certain email other than spam

2009-08-05T16:12:00.000-07:00

I want to block a certain email address so as they can see its been blocked but I am not really happy with spam as I still get far too many.

How do I block a certain email other than spam
Never open spam it only confirms your email address and you will get a lot more. To block someones email:

Go to "Options" on the right side of your email page

Click on "Mail Options"

Click on "Block Address"

Enter the address you want blocked

Click on "Add Block"

Click on “Save”

Or click on the emails and hit the spam button

Hope this Helps!!!

Reply:I am glad the info was helpful!! Report Abuse

Reply:You can click on a file at the bottom of your message and block them altogether.

How do you unspam an email you sent to your Spam Folder?

2009-08-05T16:11:00.003-07:00

I sent a bunch of emails from my Inbox to the Spam Folder by accident, meaning to just delete them. Can someone tell me how to get these emails to start back coming to my Inbox?

How do you unspam an email you sent to your Spam Folder?
For New Yahoo Mail:

Go to your Spam/Bulk folder, check if it still contains the email that you spammed. If it's there, mark it "not spam", that returns it to the Inbox and removes the block against the address.

For Yahoo mail classic:

open the email to find the Not Spam button.

If it is no longer in the Spam/Bulk folder, do this:

for New Yahoo Mail go to options -%26gt; mail options -%26gt; spam, for Yahoo mail classic go to options -%26gt; block addresses.

For both mail versions check the list of blocked addresses which shows numerical order first, then alphabetical order. When you find the mail, mark it, click "remove block". Now you can get emails from that person as before.

Do I report strange spam in my email to the better business bureau?

2009-08-05T16:11:00.002-07:00

So I keep getting these weird emails that the return address always ends in .terra.es with different names in the begining so my spam filter will not catch it.

It is always some letter from someone in a different country asking my to do something like accept money for them here in the states and send it to them.

It gets very personal in the letters, they tell me who they are and how many kids they have.

There is nothing at the bottom of the page to unsubscribe.

Should I report these emails to someone? Who?

Do I report strange spam in my email to the better business bureau?
No. Forward it to "abuse" at your ISP. for example if you use AOL, the forward it to "abuse@AOL.com"

Never click on unsubscribe. That is actually used by the spammers to find out that they have hit a live one, a name that could be sold to other spammers for a higher price since someone actually uses that address.
Reply:Just scammers. Delete it.

NEVER click on the Unsubscribe tab. That is just for the scammer to know that the address is a good one. Don't click on ANYTHING in a spam/scam Email.
Reply:I get them too but I always mark them as spam and ingore them. Do not reply because then they have you. Kind of like going to any of the sites that you get emils to. It puts a hit on the sites list and they think the spammer is doing a good job so they hire them again to send out spam.

It is best to just let everyone you know not to open the email or check out any of the sites and never reply to any of them. Watch out for the ones that says your bank needs you to log on and they provide you with a link. Normally they are just collecting user names and pass words or card numbers and pin numbers. It works on so many people every year.
Reply:I doubt very much that the 'personal informtion' has any basis in reality. They are trying to con you, I'm sure. I get similar types of email (in which they change just a few letters and keep sending them) but these emails are about pharmecuticals. If this isn't against the law, it should be. The internet is still relatively new, and they have not found ways to stop all kinds of abuse. They have not made all the necassary laws to even prohibit all types of abuse. I encourage you to report it somewhere. If you report it to the wrong place, they may lead you in the right direction. Police are public servants and are generally helpful when they can be.
Reply:why? We get them all the time... Have you recently sold anything on the web??? People who sell on the web are mostly likely to get these types of emails. They are all scams. They want you to take a cashiers check to your bank in an outrages amounts and cash it for them... then they want you to send it to them... and after a couple of days the check is unclearable and you are left to pay. You should probably report it to either yahoo...better business bureau or your local bank???
Reply:Forward it to scams@fraudinternational.com
Reply:Ignore them. Sending them to any law enforcement agency is fruitless (it goes into the black hole - law enforcement is good for traffic violations and protecting donut shops, but they are useless for any real tech crimes)
Reply:I would just delete them. don't even think of clicking on the unsubscribe link...might be a virus or something.
Reply:on those types forward them to the

fbi@fbi.gov

Those are the ones the fbi are after.
Reply:ignore it

Have received a SPAM email which gives the sender's email as my own! How does this happen?

2009-08-05T16:11:00.001-07:00

It is annoying, but meanwhile Spammers know how to make it look like you are the one who is sending such mails. Got some of them myself, but since I know that I don't send myself any junk mail, I just delete them. As far as I know, there is no other way yet to deal with such crap.

bebo

How to send business email, without being considered as spam?

2009-08-05T16:11:00.000-07:00

We send business emails to potential clients, once in a year. But, of late, a number of business emails sent are thrown out, considering them as spam. The very purpose of sending mails are lost. How to reach the targeted persons without being thrown out as spam?

How to send business email, without being considered as spam?
use an accredited online agency who will broadcast the emails for you via a registered server. This will make it less likely that your potential clients servers will consider the email as as spam.

However, their firewalls could be picking up keywords in the subject line of your email which are also having them listed as spam.

If this continues to be a problem, you might want to consider using another backup medium e.g. sending a brochure by post.

What is Yahoo doing when I report spam in my email?

2009-08-05T16:10:00.003-07:00

I've been checking and marking as spam. Is Yahoo doing anything? It seems I'm still receiving spam from the same people. What is the point of marking it as spam if Yahoo is not doing anything.

What is Yahoo doing when I report spam in my email?
Here's what I think is going on:

First off, you'll see that the spam is deleted from your inbox. Simple enough. Then, Yahoo logs the sender so any e-mail received from that sender is marked as spam (you'd find that out if you ever accidentally marked something as spam). Yahoo takes the contents of that e-mail and sends it through an algorithm to try to find a pattern to these e-mails, like if lots of people claimed an e-mail as spam, the pictures and text might be the same. Spammers are making invisible text, pictures, pdfs, and other things different in each e-mail so an algorithm like this won't work, so Yahoo has to find a pattern in the e-mails, and by marking it as spam, you're helping with figuring out what e-mails will be marked as spam in the future.
Reply:I have the same promlem. I get a lot of spam mail and I mark it as SPAM, but I still get them to my BULK box, maybe Yahoo! Mail servces just direct all of the mails that was marked spam to the BULK mail, but the DO NOT stop them from coming.

How do i get an email address out of spam that was put there by accident?

2009-08-05T16:10:00.002-07:00

I sent an email address to the spam box by mistake and i would like it back

How do i get an email address out of spam that was put there by accident?
If it is going into your spam folder open one and click on Not Spam.

Or

Go to "Options" It is above your email

Click on "Mail Options"

Click on "Blocked Addresses"

Click on the Address you want to remove block

Click on "Remove Block"

This should remove the block and allow it to start coming into your inbox. Hope this helps!!!

Reply:open it in the spam box and mark it as not spam, there should be a little button at the top when you open it.
Reply:go to the spam box, select the email and click on "not spam" at the top.

How do I stop my email from filling with spam?

2009-08-05T16:10:00.001-07:00

my yahoo email account gets TONS of spam mail...in a matter of 10 minuets my spam folder gets 25 new spams and im constantly deleting them because they bug me...can anyone help please?!

How do I stop my email from filling with spam?
How to fight spam and scams:

#1: Yahoo has a spamguard filter, but only if multiple users report an address as spam will it be treated as such by the filter.

You have a personal list for blocking addresses in spam options. Anything you mark as spam in Mail classic will be added to that list, in New Yahoo mail adding addresses to the list has to be done manually. If you ever receive anything from those addresses in the future, it will be deleted automatically, you won't even notice when you got some more crap from them. One problem though: the list of blocked addresses is limited to 500 and spammers often change their address. So you must sometimes delete some of the older blocked addresses to make room for new ones.

Go to this link where everything is explained in detail:

http://help.yahoo.com/us/tutorials/mail/...

#2: The Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov) is supposed to help you eliminate spam mails. Forward spam to: spam@uce.gov, in the subject line enter something like "unsubscribe link results in more spam", "unwanted spam message", "no unsubscribe link" or something similar.

When the FTC gets your mail, they will look into the matter and when they find out who the spamming source is, they will take legal actions.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/sp...

#3: Check Mailwasher, it helps to eliminate spam from your inbox...

Set up your email account(s) in MailWasher and hit the "Check Mail" button. It then downloads all new message headers and displays message details alongside each one (priority, subject, from, to, etc.). Any email that MailWasher considers to be spam is highlighted for easy sorting.

Two checkboxes are located next to each message header: "Delete" and "Bounce". If you click "Delete" the email will be marked for deletion, click "Bounce" and the mail will be marked for bouncing - a fake "address not found" email will be sent to the sender. Once you have decided what to bounce and delete, click "Process Mail" to get it done and your mail client launched for downloading all accepted emails.

MailWasher has a "blacklist" and a "friends list" to enter good and bad email addresses. Addresses in the blacklist are marked for deletion, and addresses in the friends list will be marked as okay. Filters can be set to increase MailWasher's effectiveness. You can have email addressed to "undisclosed recipients" automatically deleted and bounced for example.

Note: the program is free but limited to one email account. MW Pro supports multiple mail accounts.

http://www.mailwasher.net/

social networking

How can I make my facebook emails stop going into the spam folder in my email?

2009-08-05T16:10:00.000-07:00

i don't know why all of a sudden its doing this, but all my facebook emails keep going into the spam folder instead of going to the inbox in my emails. please help :)

thanks!

How can I make my facebook emails stop going into the spam folder in my email?
You need to put @facebook.com in your acceptable list. Make sure your junk filter is off, and sometimes if there is a file attached to the email yahoo or gmail will automatically put the email in spam. =)

Good luck.

I accidentally sent an important email into spam. How can i get it back?

2009-08-05T16:09:00.003-07:00

REMOVE BLOCKED SENDERS

YOU OR THEM MAY HAVE DONE THIS BY ACCIDENT

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

go clear some of them

some spammers get enough bounced back on them

they quit sending you mail

clear them this way

options

Block Addresses

move your mouse over the ones you dont want blocked

click remove block

when it got that bad for me i removed all to get a fresh start

YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE NOT RECIEVING EMAIL??

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

I accidentally sent an important email into spam. How can i get it back?
thank you Report Abuse

Reply:Look in "trash".
Reply:Depending on what email service you use, you should have a junk or a bulk mail box and you can go in there and retrieve your message and also make it a point to mark it 'not spam' so that in the future your messages from that particular sender do not go straight to your junk/bulk mail folder without your knowledge. Good luck : )
Reply:Go to Bulk/Spam Folder and select the mail and hit the "Not Spam" button.

If the Mail was deleted by the system you can't recover it.

You can unblocked the sender from the Mail Options, General preferences, blocked addresses, removed from list.

I marked a message as spam by mistake. What should I do?

Don't worry! This is easy to fix. When you clicked "Spam," the message went into your Spam folder.

Open the Spam folder by clicking it in the folder list on the left of the page

Click the message that you marked spam by mistake.

Click the "Not Spam" button along the top of the window.

Done! Ahhhh, sigh of relief.

Whats a good email spam program?

2009-08-05T16:09:00.002-07:00

I use AVG free virus protection but it doesn't have an email spam program along with it like Mcafee does.

I'm plagued with an email someone keeps sending me with stock pics and it's a picture of text, so I can't choose certain words in the body of the email to screen them out.

Whats a good email spam program?
Keep the Internet free, you are going to get spammed if you use a Primary email account to fill out online forms, so make a goofy one, like roaming_lawn_gnome or pink_zebras_inpetticoats, any online form you fill out, use that, if you start getting spammed, dont use that site anymore.
Reply:Use Thunderbird,

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Reply:What you can do is put their email address in your block list. Then they will automatically be blocked. Check your email preferences.

Why are companies such as Myspace unable to stop the barrage of spam email you get when you subscribe ?

2009-08-05T16:09:00.001-07:00

all this spam was definately a result of subscribing to Myspace. It is all dirty, and I have since unsubscribed, and I still receive it, 5-10 mails a day !

Why are companies such as Myspace unable to stop the barrage of spam email you get when you subscribe ?
I believe they can - they just choose not to.

facbook

I think my yahoo email address has been hijacked to send spam. Is my email content safe? Any steps to take?

2009-08-05T16:09:00.000-07:00

Does the perpetrator have access to my email content, or just using address to send out spam? What do I do to protect myself and email?

Thank you.

I think my yahoo email address has been hijacked to send spam. Is my email content safe? Any steps to take?
Probably no. Report it to yahoo. Install Mcafee Siteadvisor to stay away from spammy sites.
Reply:what makes you think your email has been "hijacked"? are there messages that have been sent from your address that aren't from you?

have you opened any attachments lately? viruses sometimes come in email attachments, and once you open them they send themselves to everyone from your emails... maybe it was that?
Reply:he just uses your id to send content to you. At least that is what many spammers do. If you have not given out your password anywhere then there is no need to worry......
Reply:im sorry i dont get what you mean but if your talking about spam email yes it would be checked by yahoo in order to know everything is safe hope it helps didnt understand the question
Reply:Change your email password just in case.

What actually happens when I mark an email as spam - does Yahoo Mail folks care enough to ensure it is marked?

2009-08-05T16:08:00.001-07:00

I have seen many times that I mark something as spam, the same mail (with the identical email address) comes to me over and over again!! Does any know know how to solve this?

Please don't tell me to use the "Block Address" feature - I have already filled it up with 500 email addresses/domains.

What actually happens when I mark an email as spam - does Yahoo Mail folks care enough to ensure it is marked?
Believe or not, Yahoo has always been one of the more proactive spam fighters of all the free web-based email providers. They have exerted extensive resources in order to prosecute spammers as well. Check out all the cases in the link below, under the heading "Spam and the Law".

When you identify an spam email as spam, Yahoo is indeed using this information to good use. Keep it up.
Reply:500 spam limit. Check block addresses in options.
Reply:probaly not, i have 100's blocked, and nothing better has come along. Although i will say, that the beta they have has caused almost 0 spam to come to my email address, which is amazing.

By mistake I called an email spam. How do I get it back?

2009-08-05T16:08:00.000-07:00

If it is no longer in the Spam/Bulk folder, do this:

for New Yahoo Mail go to options -%26gt; mail options -%26gt; spam, for Yahoo mail classic go to options -%26gt; block addresses.

For both mail versions check the list of blocked addresses which shows numerical order first, then alphabetical order. When you find the mail, mark it, click "remove block". Now you can get emails from that person as before.

Note: Yahoo is a web based mail service, if you don't find a mail in the bulk folder anymore, it is deleted from the Yahoo server and there are no backups.

By mistake I called an email spam. How do I get it back?
go to your spam folder and click on the email, then click on the button that says "not spam" (or something like that)...it's usually near the forward, delete, etc. and it will send the email back to your inbox.

Got an email in spam email box from lottowin01y@yahoo.in asking us to contact them for a prize. R they legit?

2009-08-03T06:40:00.002-07:00

My husband got an email from a yahoo email address to his dodo in box. Please verify if this is legitimate, it was sent from lottowin01y@yahoo.in

Thanks

Got an email in spam email box from lottowin01y@yahoo.in asking us to contact them for a prize. R they legit?
Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...

.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
Reply:It鈥檚 a scam thousands of these deceptive emails are sent every day there used to commit identity theft, or try to get you to send money. DO NOT send any bank/personal details click the link below to see what yahoo say about this.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

You can report this with the mail abuse form below.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

To report a phishing attempt with the form below.

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/securit...

Or you can forward a phishing attempt email to the address below.

phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
Reply:It is a scam or could direct you to a website that contain mallious spyware or viruses on the site itself. Delete it and forget about it.
Reply:No definitely not, I and everyone else get them. Just avoid signing on some sites mailing list. It has also probably asked you for personal info or to contact someone. Mark it as spam and dont pay it any attention.
Reply:no. it's not. don't believe it especially when it comes from an individual email address. plus, no one's giving out free money during this bad economy time.
Reply:Why'd you look in the spam box in the first place ?
Reply:It's not. Sorry.

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How is it that I get email in my spam box with that was sent from my Yahoo email?

2009-08-03T06:40:00.001-07:00

I changed my password last week, but this week, I am once again receiving spam email from me!!!

How is it that I get email in my spam box with that was sent from my Yahoo email?
It's called "spoofing"---and changing your password won't stop your address from being spoofed.

Spoofing is the "forgery" of an address, to hide the identity of the sender, and is done by an Automatic Spamming system, that blindly and randomly, runs through addresses in sequence.

It's not actually coming from or thru your account.

One type that's called "Self Spamming"--(go figure)--appears to be coming "from" and going "to" the same address.

Anti-spam experts say----At this time, there's nothing you can do, except delete them. They are a nuisance, but harmless and don't last long.

Don't spam them--you'd only be spamming your own address.

Has anyone ever made money answering the Nigerian email spam?

2009-08-03T06:40:00.000-07:00

There have been rare cases of people who "conned the conmen" but it is a very dangerous game to play. Others have been killed in Lagos. Ignore the spammers.

Has anyone ever made money answering the Nigerian email spam?
I doubt it. If they did, they probably tried something more illegal than the original scheme itself. Many people have lost money in the scam, however, and as a previous poster pointed out, some have even been killed. The Nigerian email scam (also called the 419 scam, referencing the pertinent section of Nigeria's criminal code) has been the subject of a major crackdown from both Nigeria's government and Microsoft. It's that serious. Steer clear.

How can you permantly make a email address you have as spam not return as spam?

2009-08-03T06:39:00.002-07:00

Can someone please tell me that once emails are recieved straight into spam folder, is there anyway of stopping that company from sending any more. Only i keep deleting and they keep coming back?

How can you permantly make a email address you have as spam not return as spam?
just make sure you don't open the spam. if you do they know they have a life person and will flood you using different return address.

you need to delete them as spam- just deleting them doesn't prevent them from sending more. When you mark them as spam they go into a spam folder.
Reply:legit companies to whom you gave your email address in good faith will provide an unsubscribe option. It is polite to use this method to stop the emails. However the criminals behind most unsolicited mail and dodgy web sites to which you inadvertently gave your email address will also provide an unsubscribe link in order to comply with the ineffective can-spam laws. So be careful.

Alternatively, you can add the sender domain to your blocked address list. Be careful with this as spammers use domains such as yahoo that once blocked, will also block legit messages from friends.
Reply:At least it's going into your Spam Folder and not your Inbox. There are ways to 'blobk' incoming messages, but it's not always straightforward. It depends on the e-mail services you use.

If the senders e-mail (as givien in the message) is consistent, you could block that address or even the domain as long as you never want any messages from that domain, but spammers are notoriously tricksy to get round simple approaches like that.

Without knowing you e-mail set up (provider/client etc) then it's difficult to be specific.
Reply:If you go to Options, Mail Options and Block Addresses

You can block an email address or a whole domain.

So you can block fred@badcompany.com

or the domain badcompany.com
Reply:Send it to your spam folder and it automatically blocks. It's no good just deleting it.

When I mark something as Spam in my Yahoo! email I constantly get the same email from different email accounts?

2009-08-03T06:39:00.001-07:00

Can I somehow set it up to block anything with certain words in the title? They have been doing it for years and they send several every day, it's making me go crazy.

When I mark something as Spam in my Yahoo! email I constantly get the same email from different email accounts?
How to fight spam and scams:

#1: Yahoo has a spamguard filter, but only if multiple users report an address as spam will it be treated as such by the filter.

You have a personal list for blocking addresses in spam options. Anything you mark as spam in Mail classic will be added to that list, in New Yahoo mail adding addresses to the list has to be done manually. If you ever receive anything from those addresses in the future, it will be deleted automatically, you won't even notice when you got some more crap from them. One problem though: the list of blocked addresses is limited to 500 and spammers often change their address. So you must sometimes delete some of the older blocked addresses to make room for new ones.

Go to this link where everything is explained in detail:

http://help.yahoo.com/us/tutorials/mail/...

#2: The Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov) is supposed to help you eliminate spam mails. Forward spam to: spam@uce.gov, in the subject line enter something like "unsubscribe link results in more spam", "unwanted spam message", "no unsubscribe link" or something similar.

When the FTC gets your mail, they will look into the matter and when they find out who the spamming source is, they will take legal actions.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/sp...

#3: Check Mailwasher, it helps to eliminate spam from your inbox...

Set up your email account(s) in MailWasher and hit the "Check Mail" button. It then downloads all new message headers and displays message details alongside each one (priority, subject, from, to, etc.). Any email that MailWasher considers to be spam is highlighted for easy sorting.

Two checkboxes are located next to each message header: "Delete" and "Bounce". If you click "Delete" the email will be marked for deletion, click "Bounce" and the mail will be marked for bouncing - a fake "address not found" email will be sent to the sender. Once you have decided what to bounce and delete, click "Process Mail" to get it done and your mail client launched for downloading all accepted emails.

MailWasher has a "blacklist" and a "friends list" to enter good and bad email addresses. Addresses in the blacklist are marked for deletion, and addresses in the friends list will be marked as okay. Filters can be set to increase MailWasher's effectiveness. You can have email addressed to "undisclosed recipients" automatically deleted and bounced for example.

Note: the program is free but limited to one email account. MW Pro supports multiple mail accounts.

http://www.mailwasher.net/

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Why do I keep getting spam from my own email address?

2009-08-03T06:39:00.000-07:00

I keep getting spam mail from my own email address on AOL. Does this mean someone has my password and has been using my email address to send out spam?

Why do I keep getting spam from my own email address?
Not necessarily----you've probably been "spoofed".

Spoofing is the "forgery" of an address, to hide the identity of the sender, and is usually done by an Automatic Spamming system, that blindly and randomly, runs through addresses in sequence.

It's not actually coming from or thru your account. (look in your Sent folder to verify)

One type that's called "Self Spamming"--(go figure)--appears to be coming "from" and going "to" the same address.

Anti-spam experts say----At this time, there's nothing you can do, except delete them. They are a nuisance, but harmless and don't last long.

Don't spam them--you'd only be spamming your own address.

I cannot delete spam or email, forward or reply to email. Why is Yahoo mail suddenly not working for me?

2009-08-03T06:38:00.003-07:00

My email account worked normally for years up until about a week ago.

I cannot delete spam or email, forward or reply to email. Why is Yahoo mail suddenly not working for me?
I have been having major problems also. I found an answer that seemed to work for me. I don't know if it's a temporary fix, but I finally got to send an e-mail.

In New Mail = Clear your browsers cashe.

In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.

On the General tab, under Browsing history, click Delete.

Click Delete files, and then click Yes.

Click Close, and then click OK.
Reply:I have the same problem when using IE7. Did you switch to that when the problem started? I have to use Firefox to read my Yahoo mail and make the buttons (i.e., delete, spam, etc.) work. Report Abuse

Reply:Yea my buttons don't work to fix the problem. How do you use "Firefox" to be able to make the buttons work (i.e., delete, spam, etc.)? Report Abuse

Reply:Best answer: I did exactly what you stated and it worked. Thank you Jackie S. Report Abuse

We have lost 2 email contacts in our spam folder. How do we get them back?

2009-08-03T06:38:00.002-07:00

We can email these 2 contacts, but we don't receive their answer. The spam folder takes them before we see them. How can we get them back?

We have lost 2 email contacts in our spam folder. How do we get them back?
This can't be done. Once your contact's messages are automatically deleted from the spam folder, they're permanently deleted from the servers and can never be retrieved at all.
Reply:While viewing the messages in your spam folder. Mark the messages as "not spam".

What does finding a message from your email address in your spam folder mean?

2009-08-03T06:38:00.001-07:00

I just had a message from my email address in my spam folder advertising "74% off". What does that mean? It can't be good.

What does finding a message from your email address in your spam folder mean?
Anyone with a separate email program can use any name or address for the FROM address. It in no way indicates a problem. Spammers do it to keep mail from being returned to them. There is no way for you to stop it.

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Reply:Anyone with a separate email program can use any name or address for the FROM address. It in no way indicates a problem. Spammers do it to keep mail from being returned to them. There is no way for you to stop it.
Reply:Your computer is likely to be infected with adware. Run an anti-spyware scan, remove what's found, then change your password and don't click "Keep me signed in."
Reply:I have no idea.

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Has anyone noticed less spam in Yahoo email?

2009-08-03T06:38:00.000-07:00

I have the premium and used to get a HUNDRED a day. This last week I got maybe five a day.

Has anyone noticed less spam in Yahoo email?
Shut up raytobe you jealous person.

Why post that in my thread when im just asking for information, got a gf thanks.

Nobody likes you.
Reply:Yea I've noticed a significant change in the number of spams in my emails!! Thank the lord!!!

How many of you are getting spam answers on your email alerts, but they don't appear on your question page?

2009-08-03T06:37:00.003-07:00

The spam flow seems to be getting more prevalent on the computer and consumer catagories. How do I report spam that doesn't appear on my question page?

How many of you are getting spam answers on your email alerts, but they don't appear on your question page?
Seems your question is spam. It appears everywhere.

I just got a spam email that is a yahoo mail calender invite. How do I report this to yahoo?

2009-08-03T06:37:00.002-07:00

SET UP YOUR SPAM PROTECTION:

1. Click on the "Options", Mail Options link in the upper right of your yahoo mail page.

2. Click on "Spam Protection", fill out the form and click the "Save Changes" link.

Once you have this set up, each time you see spam or mail that you want to block, check the box next to it, go to the top of the email list and click the "Spam" button.

Note: Every message you report trains your Spam Guard filters to work better for you. The messages you select in this way will be deleted and reported as spam.

The senders of the messages will be added to your "Blocked Addresses" list.

PREVENT ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNT:

1. Change your password.

2. Clean your cache, delete history of visited websites and "Sign Out" of your account completely before leaving the computer. Click the "Sign Out" button.

If you leave it open, anyone can open and read your email. They can also go to the history function, or just hit the back button and get into your account.

Don't forget your ID and new password though. You will need it the next time you sign into your Yahoo account.

I just got a spam email that is a yahoo mail calender invite. How do I report this to yahoo?
click spam at the top of the email

How do I stop junk mail from getting into my email? I have spam guard for bulk mail but it gets through email?

2009-08-03T06:37:00.001-07:00

In other words, the computer won't let it get into my bulk mail but it gets into my e-mail. why doesn't the spam guard stop it from getting into my email?

How do I stop junk mail from getting into my email? I have spam guard for bulk mail but it gets through email?
as it was said before, none email filter can stop all the trash mail. try to configure yours to more restricted mode.
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Reply:Everyone gets a certain amount of junk mail in their email. All you can do is click on the spam button. It may take a few times but that one will not return. You will probably get more and you do them the same way. You get them from the different websites you go into. I hate them I just keep reporting them to spam and they do go away!!!
Reply:No spam filter works 100% of the time. The better spam guard gets the better the spammers get. It is hard to determine what is junk and what isn't. If your filter is too tough it starts filtering out your important mail.

Until people stop responding to spam there will continue to be spam.
Reply:Don't respond to SPAM, don't even open it. Here is something that I learned. When you see an email that you don't know who sent it to you, highlight it and go to file and open the drop down menu. Go to "properties" Click on that and it will come up with a window that shows the path the email took. Click on details and you will be able to read the email and check its contents. When you close the box and delete the email, it never shows that you have opened it. That is how spammers get you. When you open the email, it registers on their end.

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