Generally refers to any email or message that is either unwanted or unsolicited. Often of a commercial nature.
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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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Does marking an email as spam in Gmail affect the filter for everyone?
If I mark something as spam in Gmail, does that modify only my spam filter or does it affect the spam filter for other users?
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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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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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GMail treats mails from my domain as spam. Why? How to avoid it?
Whenever I send a mail from myaccount@mydomain.com to a gmail account, gmail treats it as spam.
I'm talking about the one e-mail I send to a prospect after I've met him (it is surely non-spam mail). ...
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How can I prevent/lessen event spam on Facebook?
On Facebook, you can be invited to an event by any of your friends. Once you have been invited to an event, the admins of that event can send messages straight to your inbox even if you have not sent ...
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How to block “via” senders in gmail?
I have this annoying problem in gmail. Spammers are by-passing the gmail spam filters and are so clever that I am not able to create a manual filter of my own to block them. They are sending me junk ...
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Blocking all about.com websites (*.about.com) from my Google search results
I regularly block websites from my Google search results. I've had no trouble with this Google feature, with the notable exception of about.com. This website uses a million subdomains, making it hard ...
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How to deal with spam mails in spam folder in Yahoo Mail
Lately, my spam folder has been invaded by various spam mails. I have to check the spam folder everyday because there is a risk that some non-spam mails can fall in the spam folder. As the number of ...
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Yahoo! email account is sending spam to my old contacts, what do I do?
An old Yahoo! email account of mine is sending out viagra spam and advertisements to all the contacts in that account's address book. I'm not the one getting spammed, my friends are.
A friend ...
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anonymous links in email?
I've received a spam claimed to be sent from one of my friends' email (well I'm sure he didn't send it).
What exactly would be the implications of clicking the link?
What's the worse that could ...
