Is there an effective way to deal with email spam?

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

• Answer:

  There's no need to delete the spam one at a time. You can set your account to automatically empty the spam folder on a regular basis or you can delete the entire contents manually. The following article can assist you with this. When are the Trash and Spam folders emptied? - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN3518.html?impressions=true If you want to delete the spam automatically as it comes in you could run your email through external spam filters or you could use filters within Yahoo. Filters in Yahoo Mail - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN15994.html?impressions=true Top 12 Free Spam Filters for Windows - http://email.about.com/od/windowsspamfightingtools/tp/free_spam.htm You also have the option to block email addresses. Block addresses in Yahoo Mail - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN3228.html?impressions=true