Lots of spam mail in Yahoo

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by articlelancer, Aug 18, 2007.

  1. #1
    Is there any way for yahoomail to filter out spam mail form our accounts?
     
    articlelancer, Aug 18, 2007 IP
  2. Bob M.

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    It's hard since nowadays spammers are getting smarter too
     
    Bob M., Aug 18, 2007 IP
  3. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    I agree with Bob M.

    Spammers and hackers alike get paid to stay one step ahead of the web developers, so even though we get these updates every month say that they have new security to block spam, the hackers learn how to bypass these.

    Its a simple con of email. As long as email is living, spam will be there.
     
    tushardhoot1, Aug 18, 2007 IP
  4. reuben0207

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    yes....my Yahoo mails are full of SPAM......very hard to get rid of it nowadays....
     
    reuben0207, Aug 18, 2007 IP
  5. populartemplate

    populartemplate Banned

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    #5
    Better question to ask is how all these spammers got your email address :p
     
    populartemplate, Aug 18, 2007 IP
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    Many of them make up hundreds or thousands of e-mail addresses and send. I know this because the ''to'' section do many times have a long list of e-mail addresses alphabetically organized and very similar to mine. Clearly made up, by a software probably.

    And yes, my Yahoo! account is receiving tons of spam nowadays. Yahoo! is doing way worse than say a year ago when it comes to spam.
     
    save-a-family, Aug 18, 2007 IP
  7. BrianJump

    BrianJump Active Member

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    yahoo mail is the worst,. ZERO support, and they sell your email add to outside adverts...sux. Im about to dump em and go back to POP..
    i just used them to act as a firewall to my machine..and it works...no viruses at all in 8 yrs
     
    BrianJump, Aug 18, 2007 IP
  8. kmoneil

    kmoneil Member

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    I've had my yahoo email account for 5 years and I only get 1 or 2 a week.
     
    kmoneil, Aug 18, 2007 IP
  9. cajun36

    cajun36 Well-Known Member

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    because i run many business on the net my email acccount is full everyday,even though most of the unwanted emails go to the junk folder i find alot of emails that i need also in the junk folder forcing me to have to check through hundreds a day
     
    cajun36, Aug 18, 2007 IP
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    I receive a lot of spam in Yahoo! mail but all of it is in the Spam folder! So, it's not much of a problem...
     
    web_hunk, Aug 19, 2007 IP
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    cool_78 Guest

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    Yahoo spam filter has improved much since only a few spam mails stray from the bulk folder to my mail inbox.
     
    cool_78, Aug 25, 2007 IP
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    I get a couple hundred spam a day with yahoo, only 1 or 2 get by the filter for me so I dont complain about that.
     
    Madmurphy, Aug 25, 2007 IP
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    #14
    Yahoo seems to block real mails.... and that sucks for every webmaster...
    However, spam gets thru...

    Their support sucks big time!
     
    cobracrk, Aug 25, 2007 IP
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    #15
    I got 40 - 50 spam messages a day on my Yahoo mail. Every day I tweak the spam filter, but with no results.
     
    bangalore, Aug 25, 2007 IP
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    #16
    I also used to get lot of spams in my yahoo mail.Due to this I lost a lot of emails and business.
     
    priyakochin, Aug 26, 2007 IP
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    Surprisingly, I don't get all that many.
     
    laidback333, Aug 26, 2007 IP
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    #18
    I have 1000 emails in my bulk folder in the yahoo mail.
    I stopped logging in my yahoo mail because it's digusting.
    Sometimes I get real mail in the bulk folder and I never get to read it. :(
     
    KingofKings, Aug 27, 2007 IP
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    Best way would probably be to keep that account for registering and stuff, and make a new one specifically for friends or official stuff.
     
    mrmc1337, Aug 27, 2007 IP
  19. trichnosis

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    #20
    yes, there is a good way to filter it.

    using gmail :D

    most of the spam mails are going to spam folder on gmail
     
    trichnosis, Aug 27, 2007 IP