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?
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
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.
Many many people are using their ISP's email service and dealing with tons of spam without realizing it is the poor filtering on the server that is the problem. Maybe that's not an issue for you, but realize that it is for others.
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!!
Thank you!! I have used Juno email since the 80’s and now I am bombarded with junk and spam on a daily basis. Guess your advise is the way to go. I do have a Gmail account, time to use it!
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.
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?
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?
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 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?
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.
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.
In gmail settings blocked email addresses no option to delete so I just unblocked them based on the guidance in this video-saying it was really useless to block.
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.
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???
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
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!!
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 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 😞
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
What nonsense -- Google Mail is as bad as any other... are they paying you for this advice? iCloud is as useless as Mac.mail. I am an iCloud user and getting 400 plus spams a day. You only get rid of this with a PAID E-mail filter in my opinion.
No, I am not paid by anyone except regular people via Patreon. Your experience sounds pretty extreme at 400 per day. But I suppose there have to be outliers. Google and Apple definitely do better for most people for the reasons I state in the video: they have more of an interest and they can use their large sample size. If you get 400 a day in iCloud email I can only imagine how much more you'd get if you use ISP email like what I am talking about here. My iCloud email is as old as it gets (signed up day 1) and short too, so it is target. But I rarely get a single spam message outside of the spam folder.
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.
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.
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.
Sadly . . . no longer true for Mac / iCloud users .... I get OVER 100 emails daily to my junk box. Whatever software, Ai or system they are using to detect emails and block spam . . . no longer works. 😕
First, if they are going to your Junk box, then what is the issue? That's where they should go, except for ones that are blocked from ever arriving. Second, you can't extrapolate from one email address to the whole system. Third, who's to say you wouldn't get 1000 if your email provider wasn't doing a better job.
My gmail account is the worst I find, I’m using a vpn also and I still get hundreds of unwanted emails most from the USA, I spend hrs every day blocking and deleting them , yahoo isn’t that bad for me I’m in the uk
A VPN would have nothing at all to do with your email inbox. Are these true spam, or things you can simply unsubscribe from? Are they in your inbox, or in your junk mail folder?
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.
I get all my spam with my icloud address and rarely with gmail. So I came here for help for nothing because you think icloud is the bomb, but it's not in my experience. It lists the emails as blocked and leaves them in my spam, despite it being blocked. I have all my settings right, but it doesn't move them to the bin automatically as I have directed it to.
So it sounds like it is detecting them as spam and putting them in the Junk folder. If it wasn't working, they'd be going in the inbox. The Junk folder is where you want spam to go.
Google! Are you kidding? And iCloud does not filter span I get 30 spam mails per day on one of my iCloud addresses. Is this a real vid or some AI junk? WTF!
30 spam messages in your inbox, or in the junk folder? Are these real spam (totally unsolicited junk) or are some of them legit marketing (real companies sending you messages with unsub links). If I was an AI, maybe I wouldn't be so tired from making all these videos.
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.
I have a question, how to clear the storage of mail attachment? I check my disk of MacBook, a lot of room taken by email, but I can't find where should I delete it, I mean I already delete every mail, it bugs me so much, could you help me?
If you are doing this on mobile try deleting the mail app then downloading it again I don’t know how this works for other phones but it might work if you have an iPhone
Microsoft don't to a good job of filtering. I get around 20+ spam mail aday. It's a old email so it's probably all over the place, but there filter is teribol
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
I wish I knew the answer to that! It is really up to the phone providers to do that. They are getting better, but so are the spammers. Check your provider's site as they may have some free tools you can use. I know AT&T does.
There is no spam SMS or phone calls in Europe AT ALL. Why? Because it’s illegal! Write a letter to your congressman or move to Europe! (And get a free university education and healthcare, while you’re at it!)
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.
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.
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.
It is important to explain the situation here. I'm a teacher, explaining why things people try don't work and then what does. If you really want to just follow my advice blindly with no explanation, then go to 4:38 where I get "straight to the point" but then you are ignoring the important background info before that to learn WHY.
