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My uncle told me to never click 'unsubscribe' on spam emails
He said it just confirms your email is active and you'll get MORE spam. I did it anyway on a fake contest email last month, and my junk folder went from maybe 10 a day to over 50. He was totally right. Has anyone found a safe way to actually stop those emails without clicking anything?
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the_thea21d ago
Honestly my old boss just marked everything as spam, which seemed to work okay for him.
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charles_baker2821d ago
Marking everything as spam can backfire. It trains your email's filter to ignore real spam reports over time. Better to set up a couple basic filters like Robert said.
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murray.robert21d ago
Yeah your uncle is spot on, clicking unsubscribe is basically telling them "hey this address works, send more!" What worked for me was setting up a filter. Like for those fake contest ones, I made a rule that anything with "congratulations" or "you've won" in the subject line just gets deleted right away without even hitting my inbox. Takes a few minutes to set up but it cuts down on so much junk.
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