Is there an effective way to deal with email spam?

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Is there any way to have spam email automatically blocked or deleted rather than sent to the SPAM folder?

I get hundreds of spam email everyday and I am tired of having to hit the delete button when I see email show up in the SPAM folder. I would rather have spam email automatically ...show more

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There's no need to delete the spam one at a time. You can set your account to automatically empty the...

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This is for yahoo proper. Isn't there some way to get spam to not even show up in our email? In other words t?

My spam gets 15-20 spams a day. I want to know how to have it not even show up in my eMail. There has got to be a way to reverse the spam back to the originators. Whoever comes up with a program that will do that would be rich overnight. It would stop...

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The return address on almost all spam is not monitored. Returning mail would serve no purpose. Don't...

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Is setting up a new email address the best way to get rid of a spam problem?

I think I foolishly gave my email address to a site promising a $250 gift card and now I'm getting a lot of bulk email (spam). I set up a new yahoo email address with the possibility of switching addresses, but it'll be a pain. Should I wait and see...

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I had to create a new address because I had the same problem. Now recently I did it again. Because whatever...

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Get a virus that sending out spam email and it got that way from watching porn?!?

I receive spam emails from my brother daily or every other day from his email address. He told me he was just being honest that it was probably from watching porn, but what would watching porn have to do with his email? He said he never input his email...

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This is usually caused by malware on his computer. It's a common problem - Yahoo Help has a page about...

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Is there any way to restore deleted spam messages in Yahoo email?

I have an important incoming email that may have been caught by the spam filter. And until now, I've deleted the spam without looking at it.

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No!

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If you marked an email as "Spam", is there any way to remove this block?

When Yahoo glitched the other night I got sick of all the "Your answer has been chosen as the best answer" emails so I hit "Spam". But now that apparently the glitch is fixed, it's blocking all the other emails, like when someone...

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Go to your spam folder and mark one of the mails 'not spam', then open it in the inbox. Ta da. - Stuart...

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Anyone know of a way to block people from your yahoo email? I spam them but the emails still come through.?

Does anyone know of a way to block people from your yahoo email? I spam them but the emails still come through.. I want the sender to be able to see Ive blocked them like so they'll get a kick back saying either your blocked or message not deliverable...

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You can manually enter their address into the blocked list. Go to Mail page>>click options (top...

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Any way rescue email account from crazy spam attack?

I must have posted my email somewhere and had it picked up by bots- suddenly I'm getting 15 spammers straight through the yahoo mail guard and into my inbox. Anyone know of a way to forward all legitimate email to a new address?

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If the spam is in your inbox, just click the spam button and futhers emais from the same address do...

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Is there a way to retreive a deleted SPAM email?

An email was sent to my SPAM box and I accidently deleted it. It seems in the past these would go to the TRASH box when deleted and I had a 2nd chance but this doesn't seem to be the case now.

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Not a chance. When your spam message was deleted (by accident or automatically), the message is permanently...

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What is the best way to overcome Gmail spam filters in email marketing?

what are some tips for email content/layout/settings etc to ensure the message is delivered to an inbox, and not caught in spam.

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While there are general rules of thumb as highlighted above to get good delivery rates Gmail has a couple...

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