How do I stop spam mail in my inbox?

Question

I used to never get spam in my inbox, but last week I got a spam letter. So I clicked the 'unsubscribe' link at the bottom, but now I'm just getting more and more spam! Only now did I realize that you're not supposed to "unsubscribe". What am I supposed to do now? I need my inbox to be free, so that when it says '3 New Messages', that actually means 3 new messages, not 3 new spam messages. This is getting to be a huge pain! Please help. I use Windows Live Hotmail, by the way.

Answer 1

HOTMAIL SPAM

full version

open Hotmail

click options

select more options

Filters and reporting

Your junk e-mail filter is set to Exclusive. As a result, all messages from addresses that aren't in your Contacts or safe senders are sent to your junk e-mail folder. To receive more messages in your inbox, change your junk e-mail filter to Standard.

Choose a junk e-mail filter

Select the filter level you want to apply to incoming messages.

Low - Obvious junk e-mail is sent to the junk e-mail folder.

Standard - Most junk e-mail is sent to the junk e-mail folder.

Exclusive - Everything is sent to the junk e-mail folder except messages from your contacts and safe senders, Windows Live Hotmail service announcements, and alerts that you signed up for.

Note: You should occasionally check your junk e-mail folder to make sure that good messages don't get put there by mistake.



Safe and blocked senders

Safe senders

Manage who is allowed to send you e-mail. Messages from safe senders will not be sent to the junk e-mail folder.



Safe senders

Messages from safe senders will not be sent to the junk e-mail folder. You can allow an e-mail address or a domain (the part of an e-mail address after the @ sign).

To allow an e-mail address or domain, type it in the box below, and then click Add to list. To remove an allowed address or domain, select it in the list below, and then click Remove from list.



Safe mailing lists

Messages from mailing lists often have an address other than your e-mail address in the To box. Windows Live Hotmail may accidentally classify these messages as junk e-mail.

To allow messages sent to an address other than [e-mail], type the To address for the mailing list in the box below, and then click Add to list. To remove a safe mailing list, select it in the list below, and then click Remove from list.

Answer 2

You are doomed to eternity because you use Hotmail.



I use Gmail, all my spam gets filtered automatically. I have not gotten a single spam message in my inbox in the 3 years that I have used it.



What you can do is set Hotmail to forward all mail to the Gmail account, which will sort it out for you. If you're still stuck on Hotmail, you can set the sorting Gmail account to forward it again to another Hotmail account, which will have no spam.

Answer 3

Best choice is to switch to gmail. Hotmail is terrible about spam, or find a host that will give you pop3 access. Then you can install Mozilla Thunderbird and Spampal.