Generally refers to any email or message that is either unwanted or unsolicited. Often of a commercial nature.
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Automating filter rule creation in gmail?
I get cases where I start getting e-mails from people I am not interested in getting.
These are not SPAM, just boring e-mails.
In such cases I tend to create the filter rule that makes all the ...
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Does using Gmail's “Never send it to Spam” filter mean I can't train their spam filter?
Gmail's Spam filter generates an unacceptable number of false positives for me, and I'm very wary of losing real emails. I don't really want Gmail to delete anything by default, as I don't necessarily ...
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More spam is making it into my gmail inbox - is it due to something I've done?
In the last couple of weeks, I've noticed an increase in the number of spam messages not caught by the gmail spam filter. Before that, I can't remember more than one or two message over the last ...
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Unsubscription links in spams: Safe?
Some emails circumvent the spam protection mechanism and drop into inbox. I occasionally see this happen both on web based mail services and on our Exchange mail server.
Some of those spams have a ...
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What steps can I take to reduce the number of spam friend requests I get on Facebook?
Obvious spam users (ones with 0 friends and stock photos) tend to outweigh the number of legitimate friend requests on Facebook. How can one reduce the volume of spam users who friend you without ...
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Blacklisting only a few senders from Gmail's “Forward a copy of incoming mail” feature
I have two Gmail accounts, one trusted and one for "untrusted" websites.
98% of the "untrusted" websites are actually nice, they don't send me any spam, all of the emails they send are actually ...
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Is it a good idea to mark Facebook spam notifications as spam in Gmail?
I set up Facebook to email me notifications to Gmail whenever someone sends me a message. The problem is that I have been getting spam messages from people I don't even know. What's interesting is ...
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When using Gmail with multiple accounts, should each account have a spam filter?
I currently have Gmail set up to read mail from several different accounts, most of them are other Gmail accounts. I'm wondering what the best way to set up the spam filters for these accounts is. Do ...
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How do I disable the spam filter in Gmail?
I'd like to disable the spam filter in Gmail, how can I do this?
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How can I reliably deliver email to Hotmail users?
One of my customers (annoyingly) uses HotMail for his primary email address. A lot of the time, my emails to him get returned undeliverable due an over-zealous spam filter.
My email is from my own ...
