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Emails - too many

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nanna8 Wed 27-Sept-23 14:27:18

I don’t like hotmail for various reasons . It has been tapped into a lot over here and very few use it. Probably different in the uk, though. I have had the same email for at least 10 years and don’t really want to change it. I have held a few public offices which doesn’t help because in the course of that work I would get dozens of emails.

Dottynan Wed 27-Sept-23 14:22:37

I was told to be careful of unsubscribing as this can make a link to the company. Anyone know if there is any truth in this.

grandtanteJE65 Wed 27-Sept-23 14:22:08

Nanna, which e-mail system do you use?

I still swear by hotmail, now called outlook, and although I do get some junk mail, nothing like the amounts you mention.

Perhaps you should change to another provider? Or block the senders if moving things to your junk folder or reporting them as phishing doesn't help, which it doesn't always do.

nanna8 Wed 27-Sept-23 14:12:13

Thanks for the tips,I will try some of those.

Siope Wed 27-Sept-23 13:27:13

You could tighten your controls; and/or set up a priority box (not foolproof, you do have to check the general inbox fairly regularly; or create a new email account for friends and family and only use the current one for booking tickets, online purchases, social media etc.

You can see both accounts in the same (main) account if you wish, but they will always be separate.

I’ve always had one account for online activity (including here), and even though I always tick the ‘no contact’ and ‘no sharing’ boxes, it gets lots more junk than my my private accounts.

AreWeThereYet Wed 27-Sept-23 13:17:19

I think my email provider uses the contents of the junk folder to filter the junk emails coming through to me, which means no porn or dating sites.

I think that must be true M0nica because I never see any of those emails anymore although when I checked my Spam folder one day just to see what was in there it was absolutely full of junk emails. I also read somewhere that once spammy email addresses were recognized as such the email automatically junks them.

M0nica Wed 27-Sept-23 12:52:55

I unsubscribe from all I can and put the rest in the junk folder. I think my email provider uses the contents of the junk folder to filter the junk emails coming through to me, which means no porn or dating sites.

The result is most of my email is junk free.

Outofstepwithhumanity Wed 27-Sept-23 10:13:08

I too receive reams of garbage. Many dubious ones inviting me to meet hot women. Even more suspect, those claiming to enlarge my penis, that would indeed be miraculous, since I am a geriatric female!

Callistemon21 Wed 27-Sept-23 10:11:45

I unsubscribe but they still keep coming. However, mine go straight into a Promotions (Rubbish) folder which I check then delete in batches.

nanna8 Wed 27-Sept-23 10:00:55

I always unsubscribe but it doesn’t seem to make any difference here. They either ignore it or change their emails.

Jaxjacky Wed 27-Sept-23 09:54:56

I too unsubscribe, it works, until a different one comes in, then do it again!

Witzend Wed 27-Sept-23 09:48:24

You can often opt out of advertising emails - I get a lot, esp.if I’ve ordered from the company.
If you look right at the bottom of the blurb, there’s usually an ‘unsubscribe’ button to click.

nanna8 Wed 27-Sept-23 09:46:12

These days I zonk about 90% of my emails without even reading them because there are just so many adverts, unsolicited information and just general garbage. Of course, sometimes I miss genuine ones but the number of spurious ones is just growing and growing. If I label them as junk it is fine for a week or so but then they come back again because they change their addresses. I now get 50 plus new ones very single day. Grrr.