How do i keep spam from comeing in to my email inbox address?And how do spammers get your email address?

fishing_gal101: How do i keep spam from comeing in to my email inbox address?And how do spammers get your email address?
When i check my in-box i get spam in it.How do i stop that from happening.I don,t remember giving my email address to spammers.I do get spam in my junk mail area and its trashed everyday because i have set it up that way.But i have not figured out how to control it in my regular in-box.How do i do that?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Barkley Hound
Once you begin to get spam it is next to impossible to stop it. It is started when you post your email address in any public forum or give it to an untrustworthy web site. If you are getting spam from a well known company there will be a link in the email to stop it. Never use the link with unknown companies. It just verifies your address. You can mark email as spam but Yahoo only stops it if there are multiple reports. If the address is constant you can add it to your blocked address list. Spammers keep changing the “from” addresses and even use the addresses of the people they are spamming. The best advice is protect your address and don’t let spam start. Once started there is not much you can do.

I have a Yahoo account I set up a few months ago for testing. It still has not had a single piece of spam. That proves that spam is not automatic. You must start it.

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Answer by April S
whenever you get them, be sure to mark them as spam. that way your spam filter will better understand what to categorize as spam. you don’t have to give your address out at all. different butt holes sell your address to other buttholes and it’s all over from there

Answer by GiGi
When you sign up for membership on any website, the website owners can “sell” your email address to advertisers. This is how most websites get away with “free membership” or “free registration” because the advertisers will get to you in your email.

HOW TO FIX THIS:

Have more than one email address…

1. Use one email address solely for the purpose of signing up for things online.

2. Use another email address to give to your family and friends.

3. Use a third email for business contacts.

This way, the first email address will all be filled with spam, and out of the way, while your other email addresses will be clean so you can easily see all the email you WANT to receive.