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How do I keep spam away ? I get 100's of JOB APPLICATION things and sexual stuff Help!!?

Everyday I get more than 100 emails in my spam mail. 100% of it is things about job applications which i have not solicited and also all kinds of sexual products. I am offended by these on a constant basis. Is there any way I can prevent these spam emails?

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  • 9 years ago
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    80% of all email in the world is spam.. so its very difficult

    Never open, reply or unsubscribe to spam.

    They often have tracking on the mail.. so opening it.. you verify as someone who opens spam. Then you get added to the "list"

    and the "list" get sold to other spam networks.

    There's no reason to even be in the spam folder, except about once a week..to briefly make sure nothing went there in error. And it will too..so having it all delete on contact, isnt a good option to chose

    You can set spam filters

    Inbox page> Options> Mail options>spam

    The easier your email address is..the more spam you'll get.

    Its easily computer generated.

    Example:

    rainydays@ === lots of spam

    2Czreignydays ==== very little

    Of course, never post your email address in public forums like Yahoo Answers.

    Set up a 2nd email address to use for various website enrollments

    Preferable with the most vague info that you can

    Always read Privacy Policies before signing up for a website.

    Oh and try your best to keep your address off of those

    FWD FWD emails with lots of peoples addresses on them

    They are perfect harvesting tools... for spammers to get hold of

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Email stop to where you get the email from

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