Reduction in Spam: I've noticed a definite reduction in email Spam lately. I started keeping track, and I've been getting about fifteen spams a day. Unfortunately, I have more...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I've noticed a definite reduction in email Spam lately. I started keeping track, and I've been getting about fifteen spams a day. Unfortunately, I have more legitimate email being put into the Spam folder. I'm surprised Gmail doesn't learn that certain email is legitimate. I'm reluctant to add a lot of miscellaneous emails to my Contact list.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

One of my email services filters out spam. It works pretty well.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I’m getting some of your spam, Jerry. I usually tally about 90-100 daily. Like you, I have to skim junk for the one or two that belong in the Input folder.

Bubbee Loc: Aventura, Florida

Recently I had a technical switch from Bell South to AT&T, and AT&T decided that UGG was Spam!
I had a heck of a time getting my favorite email reinstated!
I was a nervous wreck for at least a week!

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

jerryc41 wrote:

I've noticed a definite reduction in email Spam lately. I started keeping track, and I've been getting about fifteen spams a day. Unfortunately, I have more legitimate email being put into the Spam folder. I'm surprised Gmail doesn't learn that certain email is legitimate. I'm reluctant to add a lot of miscellaneous emails to my Contact list.

Isn't there SOMETHING we can do to avoid all this shi--y junk? I for one am disgusted with what to put up with every day. Thanks for bringing up the "junk" mail subject!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ballsafire wrote:

Isn't there SOMETHING we can do to avoid all this shi--y junk? I for one am disgusted with what to put up with every day. Thanks for bringing up the "junk" mail subject!

Comcast lets me create filters. For example: anything containing ".email" or ".ru" as a sender gets deleted before I see it. Comcast also provide a spam filter (theirs). Check your email client options. Thunderbird provides filters also. I get about six spam emails a week.

pendennis

I have AT&T SBCGLOBAL email service, and it's received through Office Outlook. I also have McAfee filters added to Outlook. It may seem like overkill, but I can always undo what's filtered as SPAM. I can view the email on line, but I prefer to view within Outlook.

Anhanga Brasil Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil

Poorly coded statistics methods (Bayesian ?).
My mail server tags my own posts
as [Possible Spam] when I get them back
from a ListProc.
Go figure.
I do not keep a list of contacts.

Edit: BTW, I use NO filters.

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

When I delete unsolicited mail (Promotions) Google asks me why - having read the options I ignore it now. I just delete everything. Google is obviously spamming us - as well as limiting us where we shop.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

G Brown wrote:

When I delete unsolicited mail (Promotions) Google asks me why - having read the options I ignore it now. I just delete everything. Google is obviously spamming us - as well as limiting us where we shop.

Any chance you are using Gmail?

bellgamin Loc: Ewa Beach, Hawaii

I have an ISP, of course, but I do not use their email. I have a domain with a web host and use that for my several email addresses. I use Spam Assassin to handle spam. I do not allow Spam Assassin to delete spam but, instead, it is redirected back to the sender. Most importantly, Spam Assassin enables the user to whitelist desired email senders so that their mail ALWAYS gets through, no matter what. UHH is, of course, whitelisted.