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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1876354" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I've always had this issue regardless if the computers I was using ran Windows or the macOS. It has everything to do with:</p><p></p><p>* How old an email account is.</p><p>* How careful (or not careful) a user is about clicking on links in emails & web pages.</p><p>* How many things a user signs up for on the internet (legit accounts, subscriptions, etc.).</p><p></p><p>Some sites sell their email lists to others (to make money of course)...and of course this opens up email accounts to all sorts of unwanted spam & junk email. Also internet "bots" email scammers use eventually find almost everyone's email address (this is where the age of the email account comes into play).</p><p></p><p>Also realize one of the BIGGEST errors users make is viewing emails they don't know who the sender is (I'm talking about literally just viewing them). If an email is setup properly (which you can be sure email spammers & scammers do)...when you open an email just to read it...feedback is sent back to the sender of the email that you opened it. This tells the spammer/scammer that the email account is active...and they should keep sending more (which they will definitely do).</p><p></p><p>A 2nd big error with junk/spam emails...is actually replying to the sender of the email. Again...this confirms to the sender of the email the email account is active...and they should be sending you more spam emails (many more)!</p><p></p><p>The 3rd big error users make with emails (probably the most risky & dangerous)...is click on links in spam/junk emails. Doing this can lead to all sorts of really dangerous & harmful stuff...the list of which is a topic all in itself.</p><p></p><p>What's the single most effective tool against spam/scammer emails (if a user <strong>wants to keep</strong> all current email accounts & not change them every 3-6 months)...ignore them. Don't open emails to view them...don't reply to these emails...and DEFINITELY don't click on any email links in spam/scam emails!!!</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. Also don't think all "Unsubscribe" links in emails are safe. Spammers & scammers will include these "Unsubscribe" links as well in their emails (why not?...of course). This again just verifies that an email account is active to a spammer!</p><p></p><p><strong>Edit:</strong> Also wanted to add. Always always always...look at the email address of the sender of an email you suspect might be spam. If you don't recognize the sender's email address...don't open it/read it. If you do accidentally open it...definitely don't click on any links in the email!!!</p><p></p><p>Of course this may lead to the question..."<em>How do I get all these unopened junk/spam email out of my Inbox?" </em></p><p></p><p>The method I use is right-click on the Inbox spam/scam emails...and move them to the junk/spam folder. Then I do a "mass-empty/delete" of the junk/spam folder. This right-click method (and other alternate methods)...prevents the email from accidentally being opened when moving it/them to the junk/spam folder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1876354, member: 56379"] I've always had this issue regardless if the computers I was using ran Windows or the macOS. It has everything to do with: * How old an email account is. * How careful (or not careful) a user is about clicking on links in emails & web pages. * How many things a user signs up for on the internet (legit accounts, subscriptions, etc.). Some sites sell their email lists to others (to make money of course)...and of course this opens up email accounts to all sorts of unwanted spam & junk email. Also internet "bots" email scammers use eventually find almost everyone's email address (this is where the age of the email account comes into play). Also realize one of the BIGGEST errors users make is viewing emails they don't know who the sender is (I'm talking about literally just viewing them). If an email is setup properly (which you can be sure email spammers & scammers do)...when you open an email just to read it...feedback is sent back to the sender of the email that you opened it. This tells the spammer/scammer that the email account is active...and they should keep sending more (which they will definitely do). A 2nd big error with junk/spam emails...is actually replying to the sender of the email. Again...this confirms to the sender of the email the email account is active...and they should be sending you more spam emails (many more)! The 3rd big error users make with emails (probably the most risky & dangerous)...is click on links in spam/junk emails. Doing this can lead to all sorts of really dangerous & harmful stuff...the list of which is a topic all in itself. What's the single most effective tool against spam/scammer emails (if a user [B]wants to keep[/B] all current email accounts & not change them every 3-6 months)...ignore them. Don't open emails to view them...don't reply to these emails...and DEFINITELY don't click on any email links in spam/scam emails!!! - Nick p.s. Also don't think all "Unsubscribe" links in emails are safe. Spammers & scammers will include these "Unsubscribe" links as well in their emails (why not?...of course). This again just verifies that an email account is active to a spammer! [B]Edit:[/B] Also wanted to add. Always always always...look at the email address of the sender of an email you suspect might be spam. If you don't recognize the sender's email address...don't open it/read it. If you do accidentally open it...definitely don't click on any links in the email!!! Of course this may lead to the question..."[I]How do I get all these unopened junk/spam email out of my Inbox?" [/I] The method I use is right-click on the Inbox spam/scam emails...and move them to the junk/spam folder. Then I do a "mass-empty/delete" of the junk/spam folder. This right-click method (and other alternate methods)...prevents the email from accidentally being opened when moving it/them to the junk/spam folder. [/QUOTE]
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