Emails - too many

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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.