Help needed! (G-Mail account)?

Question

Hi,

Recently I've been getting a lot of spammy and junk e-mails on my G-Mail account which also happens to be my default e-mail provider, I have tried creating several filters & marking them as spam. Nothing works.

Now the details:

The messages are totally pointless for a student like me..

"Buy Viagra online to boost your sexual life"

"Low Cost Canadian Pharmacy"

"Soft-Cialis to boost your s*x life"

and so on..

The e-mail sender differs in every e-mail.

fpsapkdfd[[e-mail]

[e-mail]

egpsgp[[e-mail]

from

xepjdmeffmefjffmfpejf.blogspot.com

w[pjpvsnsfjanfaffoda.blogspot.com

I am really getting SICK of these messages and they can deal a blow to the "trust" I have in my relationships (if they read it >.>)

So any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

tell google

Answer 2

just keep selecting them as spam, over time (maybe 2 weeks +) they will be marked as spam. i get alot of spam, but mostly of credit cards. i gotta say though, gmail does have powerful spam protection, just have to "train" it to get rid of new ones.

Answer 3

There's really nothing much you can do about these spam emails.

If you open these emails up, you may notice a "unsubscribe" button. Sometimes these work, but most of the times replying to unsubscribe will just let those spammers know that there is someone on the receiving end! Most often than not, the spam emails you increase.

Since the email sender differs everytime, there is no way you can block them too.

Simply mark them as spam everytime for a few weeks at least, this will train Google's spam recognition.

I suggest you stop posting your email address on the internet publicly if you are, because spam bots are everywhere to harbest them. Also, you may wish to set up different accounts for different purposes.

I don't think anyone will misunderstand, as EVERYONE get these spam mails at one point or another.

Answer 4

I had the same problem too. My whole family has gmail and were saying how great it is and bla bla bla. So I got an account only to have excess spam like you did. I also tried making all those filters which also did nothing. Finally, I just got sick of it and switched back over to yahoo. But if you want a really good email client...use msn. I have the problem of not getting or receiving mail on yahoo sometimes and on msn I have never had any problems whatsoever.

And everyone can tell you to unsubscribe to them or don't give out your email...but I never gave out my email and yet got several spam. And you can't unsubscribe because there' just too many of them, it would take days. I would just switch accounts if I were you. Transfer your addresses and info.