Cutting down on spam email?

[[TC] Kyle]

Moderator Message by: Kyle

I won't bump this thread, but in case anyone was wondering I made a Gmail account. One reason for Gmail is that I have an Android device (Google Pixel) so it integrates nicely with it.

Also, I use more Google services over Microsoft (e.g. I use Drive and not OneDrive)

This is probably down to personal preference but I hope this helps anyone - I'm gonna keep my Hotmail account for anything non-essential (e.g. stuff I will rarely use again / non-trusted sites). Thanks

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Hi all,
I've had my Outlook email address for years now but I kepe getting spam email constantly which, for some reason, Outlook isn't good at filtering. I'm not on about newsletters, but on about shit like this:



I don't want to start a new email address as I've had my Outlook for years and it would be a pain in the arse to set up all the websites I've used.

Any ideas?

[[TC] TAZxx]

You can try adding yourself to spam prevention sites and stuff like that, however stuff like that is bulk sent I assume by programs to emails.

Also, the majority of the damage will have been done before now, through T&C's of places you've used your email address where it has been stated your email address and stuff like that can be sold on.

Your best bet would be to set up a new email address and change it on websites and stuff you frequently use and keep the old email as a backup and to get into sites you access rarely.

[[TC]►Bez◄]

Live with it, or just create a new email. Outlook spam does a good job for me though.

[[TC] Kyle]

Just realised that Junk Email options are disabled



I'll try enabling them and see what happens. I might even consider making a new email address, tbh. Thanks everyone

[[CSR] BlackMagic]

Only way i've found is not to sign up to useless crap online. as most will sell your info on for $$$

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