@@derekthornton Actually, I'm still getting them, even after your video. Any recommendations? I changed my password too and still no luck, they just keep coming :(
You will still get some spam for sure. Not everyone follows the law. You can also check the spelling of "unsubscribe" in the emails getting through. Sometimes people replace the I or E with a 1 or 3
Had some real problems with spam, 40 to 50 a day. Delete my hole inbox, it was out of control! Lost some important mails in doing so, but your Solution fixed this problem for me. Thanks!
Oh my oh my, thank you so much, I was getting sick and tired of horrible junk emails. Since using your method, they are going in my random folder, and I don't even notice them. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 ty sir from Manchester UK 🇬🇧
this is wonderful, ive been cleaning out my email once a week every Friday morning to keep a fresh start and overtime I begin to realize most of it is junk mail, even though I hit the "unsubscribe" button in the email it seems as if I get more junk. This video is helpful, now I can have all this junk mail in one place and open each mail individually to "unsubscribe". The goal I have is to NEVER have to delate junk mail again because there is NO junk to delate. I'll try this hack out. Thanks for the video! Also be careful who you get your phone number and email out too, to limit unless email
I just have to say: THANK YOU. At the beginning I didn't get it, how "unsubscribe", would do the trick, but it work, so far the filter has done it, it works. Thanks again
Has anyone noticed the Unsubscrib is a picture instead of a written word. The pic bypasses the written word. Some spam makes it through.. still a sneaky way of reducing.. 👌🏽👍🏼
Hi, it works great but there are a few that I want to come to my inbox that happens to have "unsubscribe" in it like for instance USPS informed delivery. I want to delete and go back to where I originally was before adding the rule. I can't find how I do undo that so can you please tell me how to go back, Thanks!
All you are doing is moving emails, spam mails have an unsubscribe, but all this does is inform scammers that this address is alive and being used, your email then goes on to a list and you end up receiving even more than you had in the first place
Clicking on the link does inform them the address is real, but this does not do that. And, as mentioned previously, it is a solution (one, single) not a cure all. It will work for some and not work for others
You would have to add exceptions for those ones. It would be part of the same rule making process. But you can add things like "except for emails from Steve" and so on
Thanks Derek, I still don't if it works, because before visiting your channel I had sent all the spam to the junk folder. But I will check tomorrow, I'm sure the problem will be solved.
I have noticed that junk senders are getting wise…. They are producing the “unsubscribe” message as a graphic that when you click anywhere on the graphic will take you to the unsubscribe link. My question then to be specific; will this rule identify words when created as a graphic?
Hello my emails have gone missing, it says "all done for the day enjoy your empty mail box". I can see my emails on my other device though. Any ideas on how to get them back on my phone? Thank you
Hi , I went to the settings , but could not find a place where you set up rules. I have a Asus computer with system 8a. The setting may have changed since you made this video, But I am not to good wth the computers, but need Help. Thanks! Robert
Already lost you at 1:15.. Are you using Outlook via a browser? I'm using the actual Outlook app, so the steps are all different. I can't find settings, but I see "rules" at the top of my Outlook window with a drop-down showing "edit rules, or apply".. that's it.
Hi, How does this method stop some "good" emails from going into the Junk Folder? Also, I am now getting emails I want going into Random Stuff. I think I'm missing something here. (Thank you for your videos):
The "good" emails that get caught are newsletters/promo emails that you have signed up for. For example, store coupons, airline promos, etc. As they all have the same footer generally. Not sure what you mean when you say you're getting random emails now going there?
I enjoyed your video! I have a “1” in my junk folder in outlook and can’t seem to get rid of it. I click empty folder but it continues to show “1”, any suggestions to clear this pest?
I have a yahoo account. I followed the steps in this video, but don't see a "hide from inbox" option. Are the steps the same for yahoo? I would love to remove junk all together!
I have been getting spam that doesn't have "unsubscribe" in the body. It doesn't show the advertisement at all, it just has a big link that says "View in browser." It also says "This is an advertisement. Please do not print this email and do not reply". So I have chosen "View in browser" and "Please do not print this email" as my rule phrases to send to the Random Stuff.
Thanks for providing this great tip. I use Outlook, and I was wondering what happens if you use your suggested rule combined with adding the e-mail addresses of third parties I want to receive e-mail from to the safe recipients list. This option can be found in the Junk dropdown (choose "Junk E-mail" option from the dropdown) at the top left of Outlook. The "good" third party e-mails will have the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail, so which rule will take precedence? In other words, will these desired e-mails stay in my in-box in spite of the fact that they contain the word "unsubscribe"? I am trying this out now, so i guess I will answer my own question!! Jim
@@derekthornton Thanks Derek. I will check this out. There is one more glitch to your rule that has a pretty easy fix. I just received a piece of junk e-mail that did not have the word "unsubscribe" in it. Instead, the words "Click here if you no longer want to receive e-mail promotions from.." (the word "here" is a hyperlink - obviously something you do not want to click!). I am going to modify the rule to have it move e-mails to the junk folder if they contain the words "click here" or "unsubscribe" (I don't think case matters) Jim😀
@@derekthornton For some reason, the "unsubscribe" rule is not working for spam messages (i.e., messages from individuals I have never communicated with). I had more false negatives than false positives. Outlook automatically hides from view the text and images for the spam e-mails I am receiving, and when I display the full message I do see words like "unsubscribe" or "if you no longer wish to receive these advertisements..." but the rules I set up do not move these into the Junk folder. I am not sure how the spammers structure their e-mails to keep them in my in-box, but it is quite frustrating. One alternate solution that appears to be working is to select the option to only retain e-mails in my safe senders list. With this option, I no longer have any false negatives and only a handful of false positives. I review my Junk folder and, if I find a false positive, I right click on the message and automatically add the e-mail to the safe senders list by selecting the "Never block sender" option. I think this is the best long term solution. There will always be the situation where someone new sends me an e-mail (e.g., a proposal from a contractor), but I will know to look in the Junk folder and can quickly add that sender to my safe senders list. I suspect that the average person will have less than 100 safe senders so this solution is both manageable and effective. Eventually, I will turn on the option to automatically move Junk e-mail to the trash. This way, I can search the trash for those rare e-mails I want to keep and add them to the safe senders list. Then when I exit Outlook, the Junk will automatically disappear since I already have the option to automatically empty the trash upon exiting Outlook.
It's not a perfect solution, but covers a lot of junk. Without seeing the emails that are getting through, my guess is 2 things... 1)the words child actually be images or 2) there is a mix of letters and numbers (ie. Unsubsr1be or un5ubsribe) throwing things off
Unfortunately you would then have to add other words to filter for. Many service providers do block a certain amount of this spam automatically, but nothing is perfect.
If I did that and checked the folder every 6 days I would be checking through 500+ emails so it would be harder to locate the odd non-spam one. You have solved nothing
To each their own. I do this, and when I sort this box by sender, patterns always emerge that make it easier to locate real email. But never claim for this to be 100% a cure-all
I just tried this yesterday and it didn't work at all. It actually sent almost all of my good emails that I use everyday and kept sending me tons of junk mail. I think it needs a better word than UNSUBSCRIBE. Any advice anyone can give will be greatly appreciated...
Most spammers are not going to give you the option to unsubscribe, what they are doing is already illegal so they dont care if there is a law about including an unsubscribe link, that link could be a trap to download a virus and also you are confirming to them that your email address works and you are reading their spam
It's not a perfect system, but it definitely helps. If the email you have doesn't have the unsubscribe link, it should be filtered by your service provider at the source. You could contact them for further help.
Might not be THE solution, but it is A solution. It's not perfect, and for sure there are false positives here, but it greatly reduces the workload to get to my legitimate emails
So, what this doesn’t do is mark previous emails with this label. So, I continue the quest to deal with my 5400+ unread emails, 99% of which are junk and maybe 1% of which were non offers😂
I listen to the first 10 to 15 seconds on any youtube video .. If you cannot get to the point in less than 20 seconds then your video is garbage and a waste of time . This one is actually pretty good wtg !!
No! Don't do this! You will wind up having rule-abiding e-mails that you WANT or NEED wind up in your SPAM box. Sure, some spammers' e-mails will wind up in there, but in addition, you'll still wind up with SPAM e-mails in your inbox from those who don't abide by the "law" that he mentions. 😠
This, without a doubt must be the most useful tutorial on the whole of TH-cam! Thanks so much!!!
WOW! I followed your instructions and immediately 411 e-mails went to the new folder. Thanks so much!!
Happy to help, thanks for watching
@@derekthornton Actually, I'm still getting them, even after your video. Any recommendations? I changed my password too and still no luck, they just keep coming :(
You will still get some spam for sure. Not everyone follows the law. You can also check the spelling of "unsubscribe" in the emails getting through. Sometimes people replace the I or E with a 1 or 3
Had some real problems with spam, 40 to 50 a day. Delete my hole inbox, it was out of control! Lost some important mails in doing so, but your Solution fixed this problem for me. Thanks!
Thanks for watching, happy to help!
Oh my oh my, thank you so much, I was getting sick and tired of horrible junk emails.
Since using your method, they are going in my random folder, and I don't even notice them.
🎉🎉🎉🎉 ty sir from Manchester UK 🇬🇧
I love getting notes like this, thank you. Glad I could help. Tell your friends ;)
this is wonderful, ive been cleaning out my email once a week every Friday morning to keep a fresh start and overtime I begin to realize most of it is junk mail, even though I hit the "unsubscribe" button in the email it seems as if I get more junk. This video is helpful, now I can have all this junk mail in one place and open each mail individually to "unsubscribe". The goal I have is to NEVER have to delate junk mail again because there is NO junk to delate. I'll try this hack out. Thanks for the video! Also be careful who you get your phone number and email out too, to limit unless email
Happy to help.... Thanks for watching!
I just have to say: THANK YOU. At the beginning I didn't get it, how "unsubscribe", would do the trick, but it work, so far the filter has done it, it works. Thanks again
You're welcome, glad to hear.. Thanks for watching
Hands down the best solution I've come across and one that actually works. Thanks man. 🙏
Appreciate it, thank you.
Ahhhh... BIG THANK YOU.. Been trying to find out how to do this for years!
Thanks for watching, glad I could help!
Incredibly simple. Thank you!
You're welcome
Clever idea! Going to give this a shot. Worried about false positives, but maybe it won't happen.
You'll get a few for sure, that's why I suggest skimming the folder every once in awhile.
Has anyone noticed the Unsubscrib is a picture instead of a written word. The pic bypasses the written word. Some spam makes it through.. still a sneaky way of reducing.. 👌🏽👍🏼
Yes, and sometimes the "I" is a 1, but it does help :)
You... are my new best friend. Thank you for changing my life!
Sweet... My friends tend to buy me beer :)
Hi, it works great but there are a few that I want to come to my inbox that happens to have "unsubscribe" in it like for instance USPS informed delivery. I want to delete and go back to where I originally was before adding the rule. I can't find how I do undo that so can you please tell me how to go back, Thanks!
Great info quick easy Thanks.
You're welcome, thanks for watching
All you are doing is moving emails, spam mails have an unsubscribe, but all this does is inform scammers that this address is alive and being used, your email then goes on to a list and you end up receiving even more than you had in the first place
Clicking on the link does inform them the address is real, but this does not do that. And, as mentioned previously, it is a solution (one, single) not a cure all. It will work for some and not work for others
Yes you are correct !
Do not click on their unsubscribe - NEVER !
sounds so easy, im giving it a whirl, ill let you know, thanks,
john
Awesome, good luck and thanks for watching
how do i make an exception for like appointment reminders and other things that i want to stay subscribed to?
You would have to add exceptions for those ones. It would be part of the same rule making process. But you can add things like "except for emails from Steve" and so on
Thank you Derek, it worked!!
Happy to help, thanks for watching
you are a champion,thanks bro
Thanks Derek, I still don't if it works, because before visiting your channel I had sent all the spam to the junk folder. But I will check tomorrow, I'm sure the problem will be solved.
Great content! Thanks so much for sharing!
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Thanks, you really helped me out here.
Very helpful and I liked the idea its nice and simple.
So what do I do when something I want goes to the Random Stuff folder like info for orders like Amazon etc?
I review mine regularly, as the emails have not been deleted (just moved)
I have noticed that junk senders are getting wise…. They are producing the “unsubscribe” message as a graphic that when you click anywhere on the graphic will take you to the unsubscribe link. My question then to be specific; will this rule identify words when created as a graphic?
Sadly, no. Can't win them all.
Can’t clear the junk folder in outlook, shows 1 no matter what I do?
Hello my emails have gone missing, it says "all done for the day enjoy your empty mail box". I can see my emails on my other device though. Any ideas on how to get them back on my phone? Thank you
Good Informaction
Wow this is amazing thank you!
Some emails I am subscribed to I want to stay subscribed to. So removing all unsubscribe emails deletes even the emails I want to keep.
This is true. It is not a 100% effective method, which is why I suggest the emails go into a folder for review (rather than trash them).
This is Genius!!!!! Thank you!!!😊
Hi , I went to the settings , but could not find a place where you set up rules. I have a Asus computer with system 8a. The setting may have changed since you made this video, But I am not to good wth the computers, but need Help. Thanks!
Robert
Sorry my steps don't help for your particular system. Best to google "setting up rules/filters for..." and the name and version of your program
Thanks for Sharing this, much appreciated
You're welcome, thanks for watching
My issue isn’t with the inbox. It is the bombardment of junk mail I receive with AOL. I just want to stop receiving the spam all together!!
Think that's a problem for everyone these days. Hopefully this helps.
How can this be done on At&t and Bellsouth web mail?
Gmail user here. After applying these steps, will my email now automatically delete the emails that go to my "Random Stuff" label?
Already lost you at 1:15.. Are you using Outlook via a browser? I'm using the actual Outlook app, so the steps are all different. I can't find settings, but I see "rules" at the top of my Outlook window with a drop-down showing "edit rules, or apply".. that's it.
Should be similar wording/ideas regardless of program. You just need to locate the settings for rules/filters for your particular one.
Great video, thanks!
Thanks so much for this information. I get tons of emails that I don't want.
You're welcome... We all do :) thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing. Very Smart! This is exactly what I needed.
Hope it helps, thanks for watching
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Thank you!
You're welcome
I appreciate you sharing this information with us. This is very smart. Will give you a like and a follow
Thanks for watching
Hi, How does this method stop some "good" emails from going into the Junk Folder? Also, I am now getting emails I want going into Random Stuff. I think I'm missing something here.
(Thank you for your videos):
The "good" emails that get caught are newsletters/promo emails that you have signed up for. For example, store coupons, airline promos, etc. As they all have the same footer generally. Not sure what you mean when you say you're getting random emails now going there?
@@derekthornton Thanks for the swift reply, I get it now.
thank you darling! : )
I enjoyed your video! I have a “1” in my junk folder in outlook and can’t seem to get rid of it. I click empty folder but it continues to show “1”, any suggestions to clear this pest?
just click the "Mark All As Read" button on the top of inbox. It will read everything
😜
I have a yahoo account. I followed the steps in this video, but don't see a "hide from inbox" option. Are the steps the same for yahoo? I would love to remove junk all together!
I believe yahoo works much like outlook in that you will need a new folder to move the items into. Let me know.
Wow thanx 😃 👋🏼
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Awesome. Thank you very much for sharing. I use a different email software (fastmail) and this was still very informative. Bless your soul
Awesome, thanks for watching
Good info for moving email from your inbox, but this does NOT stop or minimize spam..
I have been getting spam that doesn't have "unsubscribe" in the body. It doesn't show the advertisement at all, it just has a big link that says "View in browser." It also says "This is an advertisement. Please do not print this email and do not reply". So I have chosen "View in browser" and "Please do not print this email" as my rule phrases to send to the Random Stuff.
Great tips, thanks for that. Out of curiosity, how much has it helped?
@@derekthornton It has helped greatly. I think they must switch up phrases to fool your filters, and one must always stay on top of the changes.
Will not let me create a new folder anywhere fgs! HELP ME PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏
Depends on your email client...I believe with gmail, you create labels instead
Thank you! Incredible easy:-)
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Thanks!!!
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Wow great, thanks alot!!!!!!
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Thank you so much for the info.
You're very welcome, thank you for watching.
thank you for this vid . I had it done in 5 minutes
Excellent, thanks for watching
Much of the email that I want has the word “unsubscribe” in it. All this method does is create another inbox with a different name.
It won't work for everyone unfortunately, but it's a good start for many
🎉Cool brains, we thank you🎆🎆🥇🥇🎉🤩😍🎉
Derek I will try this perhaps you helped an old man out
Happy to help keep me posted
thank you
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Cool! I’ve created rules in Outlook, but haven’t used the term “unsubscribe”. And, Gmail was driving me a bit crazy. Thanks!
What did you use instead?
Awesome. Glad to help
Thanks for providing this great tip. I use Outlook, and I was wondering what happens if you use your suggested rule combined with adding the e-mail addresses of third parties I want to receive e-mail from to the safe recipients list. This option can be found in the Junk dropdown (choose "Junk E-mail" option from the dropdown) at the top left of Outlook. The "good" third party e-mails will have the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail, so which rule will take precedence? In other words, will these desired e-mails stay in my in-box in spite of the fact that they contain the word "unsubscribe"? I am trying this out now, so i guess I will answer my own question!!
Jim
Thanks for watching. You should be able to set the priority of the rule. That is, you can filter "good" junk first and then the bad stuff.
@@derekthornton Thanks Derek. I will check this out. There is one more glitch to your rule that has a pretty easy fix. I just received a piece of junk e-mail that did not have the word "unsubscribe" in it. Instead, the words "Click here if you no longer want to receive e-mail promotions from.." (the word "here" is a hyperlink - obviously something you do not want to click!). I am going to modify the rule to have it move e-mails to the junk folder if they contain the words "click here" or "unsubscribe" (I don't think case matters)
Jim😀
Good tip. You may end up with a few extra false positives, but likely not many.
@@derekthornton For some reason, the "unsubscribe" rule is not working for spam messages (i.e., messages from individuals I have never communicated with). I had more false negatives than false positives. Outlook automatically hides from view the text and images for the spam e-mails I am receiving, and when I display the full message I do see words like "unsubscribe" or "if you no longer wish to receive these advertisements..." but the rules I set up do not move these into the Junk folder. I am not sure how the spammers structure their e-mails to keep them in my in-box, but it is quite frustrating. One alternate solution that appears to be working is to select the option to only retain e-mails in my safe senders list. With this option, I no longer have any false negatives and only a handful of false positives. I review my Junk folder and, if I find a false positive, I right click on the message and automatically add the e-mail to the safe senders list by selecting the "Never block sender" option.
I think this is the best long term solution. There will always be the situation where someone new sends me an e-mail (e.g., a proposal from a contractor), but I will know to look in the Junk folder and can quickly add that sender to my safe senders list. I suspect that the average person will have less than 100 safe senders so this solution is both manageable and effective. Eventually, I will turn on the option to automatically move Junk e-mail to the trash. This way, I can search the trash for those rare e-mails I want to keep and add them to the safe senders list. Then when I exit Outlook, the Junk will automatically disappear since I already have the option to automatically empty the trash upon exiting Outlook.
It's not a perfect solution, but covers a lot of junk. Without seeing the emails that are getting through, my guess is 2 things... 1)the words child actually be images or 2) there is a mix of letters and numbers (ie. Unsubsr1be or un5ubsribe) throwing things off
What happens if there is no unsubsribe in text because they are hacked emails selling sex?
Unfortunately you would then have to add other words to filter for. Many service providers do block a certain amount of this spam automatically, but nothing is perfect.
If I did that and checked the folder every 6 days I would be checking through 500+ emails so it would be harder to locate the odd non-spam one. You have solved nothing
To each their own. I do this, and when I sort this box by sender, patterns always emerge that make it easier to locate real email. But never claim for this to be 100% a cure-all
How does this help with real spam? This only helps with someone legit emails
Many ISPs include spam filters to catch obvious spam, this collects a lot of what is left. Not 100% effective, but it certainly helps.
Dam you need to have your on class room
I have my own youtube channel ;)
I just tried this yesterday and it didn't work at all. It actually sent almost all of my good emails that I use everyday and kept sending me tons of junk mail. I think it needs a better word than UNSUBSCRIBE. Any advice anyone can give will be greatly appreciated...
Is there any chance you reversed the rule. Ie. Keep emails with the word and discard the rest?
I dont think so, I followed your directions word for word... I wish I can send a screenshot to you of it
@@derekthornton
Hi, did you notice if I did it right? I sent you a screen shot...@@derekthornton
Is there anyone that can help me with his?
whats going on here? aren't you seeing my messages?@@derekthornton
Most spammers are not going to give you the option to unsubscribe, what they are doing is already illegal so they dont care if there is a law about including an unsubscribe link, that link could be a trap to download a virus and also you are confirming to them that your email address works and you are reading their spam
What about AOL , I’m one of those OG users 😂
Even the OGs should be able to benefit from this method.
Great idea 💡 👍
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it
The emails I'm trying to get rid of does not have unsubscibe anywhere in the email.
It's not a perfect system, but it definitely helps. If the email you have doesn't have the unsubscribe link, it should be filtered by your service provider at the source. You could contact them for further help.
This is not a solution. Many friendly emails have an unsubscribe as well.
Might not be THE solution, but it is A solution. It's not perfect, and for sure there are false positives here, but it greatly reduces the workload to get to my legitimate emails
You Are A Genius Thank You.
You're welcome, thanks for watching
So stinking simple. God I hope it works.
Let me know your thoughts after you have tried it for a week or so
So, what this doesn’t do is mark previous emails with this label. So, I continue the quest to deal with my 5400+ unread emails, 99% of which are junk and maybe 1% of which were non offers😂
I listen to the first 10 to 15 seconds on any youtube video .. If you cannot get to the point in less than 20 seconds then your video is garbage and a waste of time . This one is actually pretty good wtg !!
Thanks
@@derekthornton keep up the good work bud yvw
Terrible way to block junk mail! If any import emails contain the word unsubscribe good luck finding it.
Like I said, not for everyone, but will help
No! Don't do this! You will wind up having rule-abiding e-mails that you WANT or NEED wind up in your SPAM box. Sure, some spammers' e-mails will wind up in there, but in addition, you'll still wind up with SPAM e-mails in your inbox from those who don't abide by the "law" that he mentions. 😠
Totally useless lost me at first 5 seconds. I don't use outlook looks nothing like mine, cannot create a new folder just useless.