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how to deal with spam email

I am getting lot of spam emails with decade old email account. How can i deal with this?

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For me I use Thunderbird and use it’s spam filters.

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You left out details so it’s anyone’s guess what solutions to try.

spam emails

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Are they coming from the same internet address/email or random addresses ? If it is the same address, you will have to block them if your email doesn’t have an effective spam filter.

I don’t deal with them at all

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I have my internet suppliers email address and a gmail address and both handle the SPAM just fine. I empty the folders out once in awhile but really pay zero attention to it…

I think itsdigger is making a mistake

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I have recently found several pieces of good mail by looking at the titles and senders in my spam folders. These are admittedly only a small proportion of my mail pieces put in spam, but now I look at the spam folder of my ISP (AT&T) every day.

You may be right

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but, I have never missed anything of importance. I used to look at all of the important “Your account has extra money, better check now!, Open Immediately!” mail but it’s been a number of years as I realized I didn’t have an account there lol. I found out “Your Facebook acct. was hacked, you must take action immediately!” as well but, I don’t have a Facebook account. Not interested there either.

how to deal with spam email

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I am also getting regular spam emails in my inbox, just select them and delete them forever without opening them and wasting your time.

chalessmith’s solution is only partial

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How can I be sure whether something is spam before I open it? My present technique is to let AT&T classify stuff as it sees fit but look at the senders and titles in the spam folder every day to detect what is NOT spam. But some stuff I do not so detect may indeed be non-spam.

Fight and protect from spam email

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Here are simple ways to fight and protect from spam email:
1. Never give out or post your email address publicly.
2. Think before you click
3. Do not reply to spam messages
4. Download spam filtering tools and anti-virus software
5. Avoid using your personal or business email address

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