yeah...he didn't quiet say that the SPAM will just bypass your inbox and go into your junkmail. He made it seem like it will not reach any of your inboxes at all
Its pretty useless cause you actually may have some newsletters "spamming" your legit inbox that you prefer to stay in the junk mail folder and then you have to scroll trough 100s of spam mails. they should use Ai to filter spam out. it can't be so hard... or make their rules work for the junkmail for hotmail. they don't seem to wanna fight spam in any way!
Gary is very correct here. And Microsoft Exchange has thousands, maybe tens of thousands of filtering keywords in their mail systems. I have visually reviewed the extent of this and it can be somewhat aggressive, but their approach is very significant.
Sadly I get tons of spam coming to both my .mac and .iCloud addresses. Apple doesn't really seem to do a good job on spam detection, and neither their web client nor their desktop client provide blocking by domain. I don't want to use Google since they are a privacy problem.
How much is "tons" exactly? And do you mean spam in your inbox, or spam in your junk folder? How do you know that it wouldn't be 10x or 100x if it wasn't for Apple's serves blocking a lot of it?
I have despair from a list of "ladies" who would like me to enjoy their charms (a bit difficult to say the least for an 84-year-old.) Going through the list of videos on SPAM, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw a video from Macmost. I have iCloud and also gmail, so I'll make more use of one or the other.
From past experience, Gmail does a “much” better job handling spam than Apple. I find myself creating several rules as Apple just doesn’t seem to send much to spam.
@jeff1982 you are so correct!!! I’ve been having this spam issue for years!! I’ve created rules and blocked. Nothing seems to work. More will come and I have to keep ruling and blocking. SMH!!
There are settings in hotmail that say - ‘exclusive filter’ which means it only lets in only what I designate as ‘safe’. Means I have to look in junk from prospective new clients. But I know my inbox has only things I want to see
I came here to minimize the spam I'm receiving in my iCloud account. The amount of time it takes to delete all of the emails I don't want is ridiculous. Hundreds per day. It's stupid. And disheartening to know there is really no fix. Makes me want to give up email.
First, are these in your inbox or in your junk mail folder? I'll assume you mean in your inbox. Then are these true spam (unsolicited messages from companies you have never done business with)? If you get email from real companies and you just want them to stop, start looking for the "unsubscribe" link, usually at the bottom. Real companies will obey this request. If you get hundreds per day, this will take some time now at the beginning, but eventually you will get less.
My old yahoo email only receives spam now. I have moved all of my good accounts to either gmail or proton. When is it safe to delete the yahoo account, since they allow addresses to be reused by others?
I have multiple spam filters that will instantly delete any spam with say; the word “Seniors” in the Subject; and the bastards STILL get through using that precise word. How do they do it?
My iCloud address has worked well for decades, checked it a lot only at first. The headache-filter option was a nightmare, also very true that old addresses still belong and transferring practically impossible.Thanks excellent information as always :))
By "decades", it would only be back to 2000, when iTools was released, at the latest. I still have an old .Mac address for that reason. So really we're talking 22 years.
Spam needs to be broken into two components… 1) dealing with spam - do what Garry says, it will reduce your spam significantly. 2) avoid getting spam in the first place - may I suggest you change your web surfing behavior? Yes, like no porn sites. Also avoid website advertisers, random newsletters, deals and anything else that is a great deal, low cost or free. Don’t fill out forms to get to information. Don’t respond to unsolicited emails or click any links. If you didn’t ask for the information, discard it. This should eliminate 99.99% of your spam emails. If you just can’t stay away from porn, get a second computer with its own email account and use that for porn only.
Never visited the sites in my spam. But, I have lost a few cell phones and my email was still open. So, I can only assume some guy is using the email address for sick stuff. I don't want to cut it down. I need to get rid of it or stop it completely. If you know how please share
Change the password and login, credentials and security questions and secondary email addresses for your email address in question (the one you believe you’re sharing with a crook). In the process, you’ll be offered the option of logging out on all other devices … do so. @@filmladyproduction
Outlook is extremely good at getting rid of spam I have had hardly any and while some there has been a really good feature where they automatically have “focused emails” and do well filtering
i dont recommend microsofts email. the amount of times it makes me change passwords because they're "wrong". ive even lost email accounts that i had way before and i just couldn't access them anymore.
G'Day MMV I have been 100% blocking all spam for going on 20 years using a system called No Spam Accepted ( #NSA ) it is an AI powered real time WAN fingerprinting not content filtering and a technique called Dedicated Email Addressing ( #DEA ) these systems put the inbound SMTP session from spammers to sleep, sometimes up to 20 minutes. Why give spammers a great service ? We also have a technique call DEA Relay, were 2 people share the same address for inbound and outbound messaging. Anyone talking about 'filtering' has no idea how to stop spam.
I probably put myself on another spam list by just watching this video. The internet sucks today. I remember when the first search finds were actually helpful.
@@macmost No, I was just kind of joking because I've been having so many problems. I actually really appreciate your advice and I already signed up for a Gmail address. It's been active now for a few days and no spam so I think I'll be migrating to that. Sorry for my odd sense of humor haha.
I am a bit scared. I got an email that adressed me. It was something like : Dear *my email adress* I always get spam, but this is the first time it directly adressed me. What should I do? Am I safe? I would really appreciate the help 😞
but how can they made so many spam email address............that is impossible.........I have blocked more that one thousand of it and it still coming more..........then what do we do if we can't block it???
I forgot one question: my computer mail accounts already include iCloud, gmail and hotmail. If I gravitate toward one of these, must I close the account in Mac Mail and use the gmail icon? It would be nice of Mac would get its act together and improve its monitoring system.
You can do it however you like. Continue to look at all three accounts, but you'll need to deal with the good and bad from all three. Or you can move toward eliminating one or more. You can always do a monthly check on the web with an old account to make sure you didn't miss anything. it is up to you how you handle it.
I get hundreds of spam emails everyday in my Gmail account. It's frustrating. Most of them come from specific countries that I never have any dealing with, but there is no way to block top level domains through filters or rules.
25 isn't too bad. Is that to your inbox or to your junk mail folder? Are these real spam messages, or just messages from companies with "unsubscribe" buttons?
How about stopping it at the starting point? I have isolated two IPs that send emails out representing dozens of companies for the purpose of scamming. If I can do it the experts should be able to do it and stop it.
That's what I'm talking about here. Good email ISPs will do that and they do it by the thousands. The problem with you doing it alone is that first you need to figure out which IPs to block, then you have to update daily or more often as they change. That's hard to do with such a small sample of email (on person) instead of millions of accounts.
Hey thank you for the information. I want to make an official Gmail account but I have had an AOL address since I was seven years old I’m 31 now. So I really don’t want to get rid of it. I also have a lot of storage on there, do you know what the best email domain is/server for keeping photo quality emails?
If you still have this issue and still using your old email address there is one thing you can do. If you got a Gmail account you add your existing AOL email account to it in the settings and from then you receive emails addressed to your AOL in your Gmail and Gmail does very good job with filtering junk out. You'll still receive junk on AOL but just don't access it there so you won't see it. Also all your folders, emails, contacts will be synced to Gmail. I had a the same issues with my old Hotmail and done this and works perfectly.
For those who are interested but don't have much time: the first 6 minutes are about what doesn't work, which you're probably not interested. And in the second part (from approx. 6:00), it's just about using gmail or icloud, and also outlook / hotmail alathough this latter filters too much.
Basic iCloud is free with 5GB of space. With that you can sync things like Notes, Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, bookmarks, etc. And also use iCloud email. But for a few dollars a month you can get more space and features. support.apple.com/en-us/HT201238
I have an iCloud account. Its an @me actually--One of the earlier Apple email addresses. I still get upwards of 100 spam emails a day! It drives me nuts. While they go to my Spam email inbox, im one of those people who likes to "zero out" their unread emails and keep a clean inbox/mail folders.
If they are going to your Junk box then the email server is doing its job. No need to ever empty it or even look in there unless you suspect you are missing something and what to check for a false positive. In Mail, Settings, Accounts, (select account), Mailbox Behaviors you can set the Junk mail to delete automatically.
@@macmost Gary, anyway on the mail app iOS to get it to automatically delete email in the junk folder instead of showing unread and giving a count? Also anyway of stopping any notifications for junk mail?, when I go to junk mail folder to empty it, it starts kicking out notifications on my iPhone.
@@JimFantazzia I don't think there is any setting in iOS Mail for that. But it could be on your server -- whatever you are using for email. Like if you use Gmail, try going to the Gmail site and look at the settings there.
Because there is no way to track it back to the source. Email was created back in the 1970s before spams even a concept. It is the same with physical mail. You may get a piece of mail in your mailbox with a return address, but that return address can be anything the sender decided to write there.
Another problem with using ISP e-mail is that it locks you into that service. After using it a while, loads of people know the address and changing it is time consuming.
I've always used gmail primary but the amount of spam I get in my spam box is ridiculous. But very rarely does it make it to my main inbox. However is there a way to stop these spam emails entirely and block where they are coming from? I get like 8 a day and have done for very many years.
If they are being filtered to your spam folder automatically then it is working right. Just stop looking in your spam folder and ignore them. There's nothing more to do.
Well actually the Apple app Mail just ignores blocking - have been getting same spam email repeatedly over last month - So no, Mail is not that efficient (still quite out of date anyway): spam is coming from Kaspersky with product sale practically every 2 days - nothing works
iCloud does not stop spam! I get email all the time from some piece of human trash that uses a different Gmail address every time, uses a different woman's name all the time and usually writes junk like "My email address is" or "send me an email". I'd like to know that guy's physical home address and send him something else! I deleted my iCloud account and opened a new one just to get rid of the pest, which was a huge pain itself. C'mon iCloud, I don't get a lot of the emails I want to get because you filter them out, but this is the crap you let get through?
Nothing "stops" spam. It is just a matter of using an email provider that does a decent job of filtering so you get fewer junk emails. It will never be zero.
The Gmail app is for Gmail. I don't think you can use the Gmail app to access non-Gmail email. The idea is the filter needs to be on the server, not on your client app.
I have Gmail and STILL get a load of spam. I replied to some of them as a joke a good few months ago, and before that it wasn't an issue but now I'm getting dozens every day. There's no way I can change my email address either, I don't have the time for that and have lots of stuff on Gmail and Google drive and my photos etc... Help????
Mail has to be the worst application I use! Its so full of bugs in both the desktop and iphone versions. There isnt even a spambox on the iphone version. Its a pity Apple wouldn't spent some of their billions debugging there software and providing software that works properly!!! Shame on them.
They don't care. In most cases, the reply-to email addresses are fake, and you may even be bothering other real people like yourself that had nothing to do with it.
Last week so outlook getting spam crazy before 5 a day or a week now any giving day 100 spam/phasing emails clean up 1 hour like 10-15 Finally slowly leave hotmail/outlook
The purpose of that alias is to have the ability to dump it if needed. I would make a new alias and, and slow covert your accounts to said new one, then delete the alias that's getting all the Spam.
Hey man thanks for reaching out to me. Ok first i went to my settings and move to mail and then move blocked sender to trash and on each message i click to the name and turn blue and again I click the blue like and i blocked them from there !! Thank you
@@macmost i have a doubt. I receive spam from nonsense accounts, but recently, those same accounts now also show my own email in them. For example, a spma email about a roofing quote used to be : jfjdksie67@azure.app or something, but now that it is k72737@morenonsense(myemailadress).com Why does this happen? It started after I started blocking some pf those nonsense accounts. It it dangerous for my email to be included? It is spoofing or a way for them to get through the filters?? Please, I wold appreciate the help
@@galletasist When a spammer sends an email, they can use anything they want as the "from" address, in including the same address they are sending TO. It means nothing. Just another way to get past any rules or filters you have set up since you are unlikely to block yourself.
this isn't true at all, I've had my new email for this account n never gave it to anyone or used it for anything n haven't gotten any spam or emails at all so don't give ur email to anyone not even doctors or family or friends no matter wat bc somehow someway its shared!!
Yes. They are the three top-level-domains (TLDs) that Apple has used over the years for their email services. If you have an old @mac.com email address, it will work today if someone sends to @icloud.com.
Probably because it was useless. People would want to use it for spam, I'd imagine, but the reply-to email addresses are almost always fake anyway. And for legit subscription email, the unsubscribe link is the way to go, not a bounce.
7:24 You should tell them don't blame hotmail for filtering, blame themselves for being too stupid to check spam folder everyday. BTW, clickbait title says "really stop", but interestingly the content says "really reduce".
As I explain, there is no "easy" solution. One of the reasons I have to explain things to present the logic of using a better email provider. And it isn't just "a different email provider," the idea is to use one that cares about filtering and blacklisting.
I have a gmail account and I get tons o spam emails every day . Where is the filter for gmail. I even get spam emails from an account that I had 20 years ago that comes to my gmail and rr accounts. How do I filter those out.
my dad just got ahis first cell phone from my brother he keeps getting a spam email from capital one and he can't rid even if he hits delete it comes back a second later
That sounds like an issue with his email provider, not the phone. If the provider has a web interface, I'd have him go onto that on a computer and delete the email from there.
4:18 Skip here. That's when he starts to talk of what you can do.
Thank you so much
My GAWD! Thank you. I wanted to slap him.
Thank you for the time stamp!
Thank you so much 🤣🤣
not helping even after 4:18
Shiiiiiit I came here because I was getting a lot of spam to my GMAIL
omg tysm, every 10 minutes id get atleast 100 inapropiate emails
Same
Same
How did you stop it?
@@SlugKa I am interested too :D
@@SlugKa you get alot of spams still????
To make it clear, this is about having as much of the SPAM you DO get going directly to your SPAM box rather than your In Box.
yeah...he didn't quiet say that the SPAM will just bypass your inbox and go into your junkmail. He made it seem like it will not reach any of your inboxes at all
Which is fucking USELESS
@@AcidTechnoMan5000
How is that useless, genius ?
Please explain.
@@ccdogpark I'm thinking what they meant is if it's spam, then why do we need to see it at all. So much of it is quite obvious.
Its pretty useless cause you actually may have some newsletters "spamming" your legit inbox that you prefer to stay in the junk mail folder and then you have to scroll trough 100s of spam mails. they should use Ai to filter spam out. it can't be so hard... or make their rules work for the junkmail for hotmail. they don't seem to wanna fight spam in any way!
Gary is very correct here.
And Microsoft Exchange has thousands, maybe tens of thousands of filtering keywords in their mail systems. I have visually reviewed the extent of this and it can be somewhat aggressive, but their approach is very significant.
so how do i block the spam on hotmail, my inbox 99% spam it so frustrating?????????????????????????????
Sadly I get tons of spam coming to both my .mac and .iCloud addresses. Apple doesn't really seem to do a good job on spam detection, and neither their web client nor their desktop client provide blocking by domain. I don't want to use Google since they are a privacy problem.
How much is "tons" exactly? And do you mean spam in your inbox, or spam in your junk folder? How do you know that it wouldn't be 10x or 100x if it wasn't for Apple's serves blocking a lot of it?
Still didn’t learn how to stop it 🤔 got a lot of bs on how there is miscommunication the title of the video got me
I have despair from a list of "ladies" who would like me to enjoy their charms (a bit difficult to say the least for an 84-year-old.) Going through the list of videos on SPAM, I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw a video from Macmost. I have iCloud and also gmail, so I'll make more use of one or the other.
From past experience, Gmail does a “much” better job handling spam than Apple. I find myself creating several rules as Apple just doesn’t seem to send much to spam.
Just because it doesn't go to the spam folder, doesn't
mean that the spam went through
@jeff1982 you are so correct!!! I’ve been having this spam issue for years!! I’ve created rules and blocked. Nothing seems to work. More will come and I have to keep ruling and blocking. SMH!!
Hotmail sucks! I get tons of SPAM on hotmail.
Hotmail is pretty trash when it comes to spam
There are settings in hotmail that say - ‘exclusive filter’ which means it only lets in only what I designate as ‘safe’.
Means I have to look in junk from prospective new clients. But I know my inbox has only things I want to see
The hotmail interface needs to be completely redone.
I think we have to face the facts to that we also need to change email addresses.
I came here to minimize the spam I'm receiving in my iCloud account. The amount of time it takes to delete all of the emails I don't want is ridiculous. Hundreds per day. It's stupid. And disheartening to know there is really no fix. Makes me want to give up email.
First, are these in your inbox or in your junk mail folder? I'll assume you mean in your inbox. Then are these true spam (unsolicited messages from companies you have never done business with)? If you get email from real companies and you just want them to stop, start looking for the "unsubscribe" link, usually at the bottom. Real companies will obey this request. If you get hundreds per day, this will take some time now at the beginning, but eventually you will get less.
Have to create new email address and start over
My old yahoo email only receives spam now. I have moved all of my good accounts to either gmail or proton. When is it safe to delete the yahoo account, since they allow addresses to be reused by others?
How long will the SAME spam come in to my gmail? Getting a ton of crap for no reason suddenly and it has been coming in for 2 weeks now
This content is forever helpful love your channel best choice I ever made ! Soon as I received my first iMac 🖥 awhile back
Thanks for wasting my time, Actually thought you had a real solution
I know, right. That was painful and a waste of time.
I'm using Gmail and all of a sudden I started getting huge amount of Spam :(
same here its annoying idk what to do
me too
Felipe M. How to get rid of
Same:(
I have multiple spam filters that will instantly delete any spam with say; the word “Seniors” in the Subject; and the bastards STILL get through using that precise word. How do they do it?
Video in short: nothing works, delete all your old addresses and get a “good” email service
I get tons of spam with hotmail also. It's good to know that the blocking feature is worthless. I don't get spam to my gmail address, so far.
Thanks, I got fed up and started blocking all spam but I’ll stop wasting my time lol
Yes that definitely is a waste of time, unless it is a legit company that is just annoying.
You’re kidding me with this! So the big reveal to solve my spam problems is Gmail, Microsoft, and iCloud?
My iCloud address has worked well for decades, checked it a lot only at first. The headache-filter option was a nightmare, also very true that old addresses still belong and transferring practically impossible.Thanks excellent information as always :))
By "decades", it would only be back to 2000, when iTools was released, at the latest. I still have an old .Mac address for that reason. So really we're talking 22 years.
Spammers dont never use same email address twice so clicking them to spam never does any good
Google also does a great job of spying on your private life through your email too.
This video is full of it! I get 100's of icloud & Google spams constantly.
That's probably because of all the porn sites you registered with, genius.
Spam needs to be broken into two components…
1) dealing with spam - do what Garry says, it will reduce your spam significantly.
2) avoid getting spam in the first place - may I suggest you change your web surfing behavior? Yes, like no porn sites. Also avoid website advertisers, random newsletters, deals and anything else that is a great deal, low cost or free. Don’t fill out forms to get to information. Don’t respond to unsolicited emails or click any links. If you didn’t ask for the information, discard it.
This should eliminate 99.99% of your spam emails.
If you just can’t stay away from porn, get a second computer with its own email account and use that for porn only.
LMFAO
Never visited the sites in my spam. But, I have lost a few cell phones and my email was still open. So, I can only assume some guy is using the email address for sick stuff. I don't want to cut it down. I need to get rid of it or stop it completely. If you know how please share
Change the password and login, credentials and security questions and secondary email addresses for your email address in question (the one you believe you’re sharing with a crook). In the process, you’ll be offered the option of logging out on all other devices … do so. @@filmladyproduction
Nice video 👍🏼. I 've learned a lot from your channel.
Outlook is extremely good at getting rid of spam I have had hardly any and while some there has been a really good feature where they automatically have “focused emails” and do well filtering
Agree - iCloud and Gmail are my providers of choice - very effective at blocking spam.
Well I’m getting 15-50 spam a day using gmail.. that’s why I’m looking for a solution.
this guy took 4 minutes 28 seconds to tell you the answer with one sentence wow
Because I take the time to teach you the "why." I don't just tell you want to do without any explanation.
i dont recommend microsofts email. the amount of times it makes me change passwords because they're "wrong". ive even lost email accounts that i had way before and i just couldn't access them anymore.
Gmail is the worst I use ...
Totally agree about 40 spams emails a day to my gmail account all offering dosgy / illegal stuff
@@thenaughtonnomads6678 holy 40 spams a day??
G'Day MMV I have been 100% blocking all spam for going on 20 years using a system called No Spam Accepted ( #NSA ) it is an AI powered real time WAN fingerprinting not content filtering and a technique called Dedicated Email Addressing ( #DEA ) these systems put the inbound SMTP session from spammers to sleep, sometimes up to 20 minutes. Why give spammers a great service ? We also have a technique call DEA Relay, were 2 people share the same address for inbound and outbound messaging. Anyone talking about 'filtering' has no idea how to stop spam.
I probably put myself on another spam list by just watching this video. The internet sucks today. I remember when the first search finds were actually helpful.
I'm sorry you didn't find my suggestion helpful. Are you already using a good email service like iCloud or Gmail?
@@macmost No, I was just kind of joking because I've been having so many problems. I actually really appreciate your advice and I already signed up for a Gmail address. It's been active now for a few days and no spam so I think I'll be migrating to that. Sorry for my odd sense of humor haha.
haha what a load of crap. hotmail gmail etc i get between 60 and 100 spam emails a day.
I am a bit scared. I got an email that adressed me. It was something like :
Dear *my email adress*
I always get spam, but this is the first time it directly adressed me. What should I do? Am I safe? I would really appreciate the help 😞
Don’t be scared man I know it sucks but even I don’t know what to do I’ll let you know when I do
but how can they made so many spam email address............that is impossible.........I have blocked more that one thousand of it and it still coming more..........then what do we do if we can't block it???
Watch the video. Blocking doesn't work as they just use random fake email addresses anyway.
I forgot one question: my computer mail accounts already include iCloud, gmail and hotmail. If I gravitate toward one of these, must I close the account in Mac Mail and use the gmail icon? It would be nice of Mac would get its act together and improve its monitoring system.
You can do it however you like. Continue to look at all three accounts, but you'll need to deal with the good and bad from all three. Or you can move toward eliminating one or more. You can always do a monthly check on the web with an old account to make sure you didn't miss anything. it is up to you how you handle it.
I get hundreds of spam emails everyday in my Gmail account. It's frustrating. Most of them come from specific countries that I never have any dealing with, but there is no way to block top level domains through filters or rules.
same here
Try Protonmail: no spam!
I have iCloud and the is where I have my worst SPAM problem - last 2 days25 or so crap SPAM.
25 isn't too bad. Is that to your inbox or to your junk mail folder? Are these real spam messages, or just messages from companies with "unsubscribe" buttons?
How about stopping it at the starting point? I have isolated two IPs that send emails out representing dozens of companies for the purpose of scamming. If I can do it the experts should be able to do it and stop it.
That's what I'm talking about here. Good email ISPs will do that and they do it by the thousands. The problem with you doing it alone is that first you need to figure out which IPs to block, then you have to update daily or more often as they change. That's hard to do with such a small sample of email (on person) instead of millions of accounts.
gmail used to do a better job filtering spam, not anymore.
Ok, will you ever tell us what to do Sir? Still waiting….
Hey thank you for the information. I want to make an official Gmail account but I have had an AOL address since I was seven years old I’m 31 now. So I really don’t want to get rid of it. I also have a lot of storage on there, do you know what the best email domain is/server for keeping photo quality emails?
If you still have this issue and still using your old email address there is one thing you can do.
If you got a Gmail account you add your existing AOL email account to it in the settings and from then you receive emails addressed to your AOL in your Gmail and Gmail does very good job with filtering junk out.
You'll still receive junk on AOL but just don't access it there so you won't see it.
Also all your folders, emails, contacts will be synced to Gmail.
I had a the same issues with my old Hotmail and done this and works perfectly.
Damn, I wish I hadn't clicked on those free Iphone thing when I was 10.. I regret it...
Yeah I have so much spam from those companies they prob have sold my info all over the web
The answer is after 6:07
For those who are interested but don't have much time: the first 6 minutes are about what doesn't work, which you're probably not interested. And in the second part (from approx. 6:00), it's just about using gmail or icloud, and also outlook / hotmail alathough this latter filters too much.
My goal is to help people understand both the problem and solution here.
@@macmost then remove the crap spam get to the point.
Isnt there a cost in using i cloud etc? thankyou
Basic iCloud is free with 5GB of space. With that you can sync things like Notes, Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, bookmarks, etc. And also use iCloud email. But for a few dollars a month you can get more space and features. support.apple.com/en-us/HT201238
This is great, so helpful! Thank you!
Thx, I'm having trouble with people receiving my gmails...sometimes nothing, sometimes can't open. Is there a video for that. TY. Thomas
Hard to know what your problem could be. For troubleshooting it is best to get firsthand help from an expert.
hotmail is terrible for me, 50+ spam emaisl per day
I’m now getting stupid spam on gmail. No help from them.
I already have a gmail acct. So I will let you know. I am all in.
I have an iCloud account. Its an @me actually--One of the earlier Apple email addresses. I still get upwards of 100 spam emails a day! It drives me nuts. While they go to my Spam email inbox, im one of those people who likes to "zero out" their unread emails and keep a clean inbox/mail folders.
If they are going to your Junk box then the email server is doing its job. No need to ever empty it or even look in there unless you suspect you are missing something and what to check for a false positive. In Mail, Settings, Accounts, (select account), Mailbox Behaviors you can set the Junk mail to delete automatically.
@@macmost Gary, anyway on the mail app iOS to get it to automatically delete email in the junk folder instead of showing unread and giving a count? Also anyway of stopping any notifications for junk mail?, when I go to junk mail folder to empty it, it starts kicking out notifications on my iPhone.
@@JimFantazzia I don't think there is any setting in iOS Mail for that. But it could be on your server -- whatever you are using for email. Like if you use Gmail, try going to the Gmail site and look at the settings there.
I worry about the scammers taking advantage of people that are not tech savvy and sucker for the scammers and lose money to them.
Honest question why can’t we find out where the people who do this are and report them or something else?
Because there is no way to track it back to the source. Email was created back in the 1970s before spams even a concept. It is the same with physical mail. You may get a piece of mail in your mailbox with a return address, but that return address can be anything the sender decided to write there.
Another problem with using ISP e-mail is that it locks you into that service. After using it a while, loads of people know the address and changing it is time consuming.
I had that happen to me once and then I had to change isp. I will never again get an isp email address.
Wow I watch this whole video just for you to say switch my email
If I had made a 10-second video saying "switch your email" I wouldn't expect anyone to learn anything. The lesson here is about learning WHY.
I use iCloud and gmail and thank you Gary
Excelent Gary! greetings from Panama!
I've always used gmail primary but the amount of spam I get in my spam box is ridiculous. But very rarely does it make it to my main inbox.
However is there a way to stop these spam emails entirely and block where they are coming from? I get like 8 a day and have done for very many years.
If they are being filtered to your spam folder automatically then it is working right. Just stop looking in your spam folder and ignore them. There's nothing more to do.
Hotmail doesn’t work. I gave it up
Well actually the Apple app Mail just ignores blocking - have been getting same spam email repeatedly over last month -
So no, Mail is not that efficient (still quite out of date anyway): spam is coming from Kaspersky with product sale practically every 2 days - nothing works
I randomly got 800+ spam emails yesterday on my Gmail. Is there a way to correct this? Also I only ever get like 1 to 3 spam emails a day.
Just delete them and move on. Were they the same message, or similar? Should be easy to search and delete them all then.
iCloud does not stop spam! I get email all the time from some piece of human trash that uses a different Gmail address every time, uses a different woman's name all the time and usually writes junk like "My email address is" or "send me an email". I'd like to know that guy's physical home address and send him something else! I deleted my iCloud account and opened a new one just to get rid of the pest, which was a huge pain itself. C'mon iCloud, I don't get a lot of the emails I want to get because you filter them out, but this is the crap you let get through?
Nothing "stops" spam. It is just a matter of using an email provider that does a decent job of filtering so you get fewer junk emails. It will never be zero.
Thank you!
What if I download the Gmail app on my iPhone, and enter my main Hotmail account under gmail app? Will this work to reduce spam to my hotmail?
The Gmail app is for Gmail. I don't think you can use the Gmail app to access non-Gmail email. The idea is the filter needs to be on the server, not on your client app.
Thankyou great video
I agree. I was just wondering how I rarely get spam at work. Yahoo has got to go. Driving me nuts.
I have Gmail and STILL get a load of spam. I replied to some of them as a joke a good few months ago, and before that it wasn't an issue but now I'm getting dozens every day. There's no way I can change my email address either, I don't have the time for that and have lots of stuff on Gmail and Google drive and my photos etc... Help????
Mail has to be the worst application I use! Its so full of bugs in both the desktop and iphone versions. There isnt even a spambox on the iphone version. Its a pity Apple wouldn't spent some of their billions debugging there software and providing software that works properly!!! Shame on them.
There is a "Junk Mail" mailbox in most cases. It really depends on your email service, not the app you are using though. What bugs have you run into?
I started sending all my Spam back to the ones I hate the most, fake home depot walmart ect, Everyone do that and see how they like it.
They don't care. In most cases, the reply-to email addresses are fake, and you may even be bothering other real people like yourself that had nothing to do with it.
Last week so outlook getting spam crazy before 5 a day or a week now any giving day 100 spam/phasing emails clean up 1 hour like 10-15
Finally slowly leave hotmail/outlook
I use iCloud and am getting a ton of spam through one of my aliases. Is there a solution for this!
The purpose of that alias is to have the ability to dump it if needed. I would make a new alias and, and slow covert your accounts to said new one, then delete the alias that's getting all the Spam.
Can't I sue them? Actually, won't the be prosecuted and sent to jail if I report?
Still receiving alot of emails from blocked sender on my junk mail would you help !!?
How, exactly, did you block this address? Are you sure the email is coming "from" the same address?
Hey man thanks for reaching out to me.
Ok first i went to my settings and move to mail and then move blocked sender to trash and on each message i click to the name and turn blue and again I click the blue like and i blocked them from there !! Thank you
@@kamiloj7407 Not sure what you are describing there, but my first guess is that they are not sending from the same address each time.
@@macmost i have a doubt. I receive spam from nonsense accounts, but recently, those same accounts now also show my own email in them.
For example, a spma email about a roofing quote used to be : jfjdksie67@azure.app or something, but now that it is k72737@morenonsense(myemailadress).com
Why does this happen? It started after I started blocking some pf those nonsense accounts. It it dangerous for my email to be included? It is spoofing or a way for them to get through the filters?? Please, I wold appreciate the help
@@galletasist When a spammer sends an email, they can use anything they want as the "from" address, in including the same address they are sending TO. It means nothing. Just another way to get past any rules or filters you have set up since you are unlikely to block yourself.
this isn't true at all, I've had my new email for this account n never gave it to anyone or used it for anything n haven't gotten any spam or emails at all so don't give ur email to anyone not even doctors or family or friends no matter wat bc somehow someway its shared!!
Right. If you don't give your email address to anyone, you won't get any spam. Or any email at all.
I'm an apple user and primarily use my .Mac account. Aren't .Mac, .Me and ,iCloud the same?
Yes. They are the three top-level-domains (TLDs) that Apple has used over the years for their email services. If you have an old @mac.com email address, it will work today if someone sends to @icloud.com.
Enjoy all your videos. Will forwarding my email from my ISP to G-Mail filter out spam?
It may help, but probably not as good. Plus you'll still have all of the other problems.
been using outlook and I get junk every day. wondering if I can improve the service or use a filter based on most common junk words.
Gmail has not worked for me. I get a lot of spam still
People are weird as hell they need to stop doing that
I use LIVE and I’m constantly deleting spam garbage. Even says to “others” and misses a letter or two close to mine and I still get spam!
Jump to 4:25 to get the answer.
Apple Mail used to have a feature called "Bounce" that worked like a "Return to Sender," I don't understand why they got rid of that.
Probably because it was useless. People would want to use it for spam, I'd imagine, but the reply-to email addresses are almost always fake anyway. And for legit subscription email, the unsubscribe link is the way to go, not a bounce.
TlDW: Use a good email provider, such as gmail or icloud.
Gmail???? Virtually all of the Spam I RECEIVE is FROM gmail
Note that you can't tell where spam is from by looking at it. The "from" and reply-to" addresses are almost always faked.
The worst spam I have ever had is through iCloud
No, i will never stop emailing you!
The reason I watched this is because my icloud email is being spammed with phishing attempts. Any other ideas?
If you are being targeted then there's no much you can do but delete and move on. Don't give them any more of your time than that.
thank you
7:24 You should tell them don't blame hotmail for filtering, blame themselves for being too stupid to check spam folder everyday. BTW, clickbait title says "really stop", but interestingly the content says "really reduce".
explain WHY people SPAM. What do they get out of it?
Money, usually. Send out a million spam messages selling something and a few people may buy it.
I got an email from a do not reply spam and I forward it ,am I still safe ? And I’m using google
Forwarded it? There's no safety issue here, but whomever your forwarded spam to may be mad at you.
@@macmost it was my mom and she’s not mad
I was checking it out through her and she is the one who told me it was spam
you said 1 but gave like 10
7 minutes for him to just say use a different email provider! I was looking for a real solution!
As I explain, there is no "easy" solution. One of the reasons I have to explain things to present the logic of using a better email provider. And it isn't just "a different email provider," the idea is to use one that cares about filtering and blacklisting.
I have a gmail account and I get tons o spam emails every day . Where is the filter for gmail. I even get spam emails from an account that I had 20 years ago that comes to my gmail and rr accounts. How do I filter those out.
my dad just got ahis first cell phone from my brother he keeps getting a spam email from capital one and he can't rid even if he hits delete it comes back a second later
That sounds like an issue with his email provider, not the phone. If the provider has a web interface, I'd have him go onto that on a computer and delete the email from there.
@@macmost ok itell him that thanks
What's up with all the Prostate 991 mails?