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Excessive Spam, Junk Mail from "geeksquad" email address?
I created a rule, email: "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com" and action: delete. They do not get deleted, they just got in my junk mail that is all great but, I see at least 50 or more a day from "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com"
That won't work. You need to make a "header" rule with "delete it" as the action. Then include anything else in that rule you want deleted. I added the geeksquad spam address along with many others. You can view the header by opening up an e-mail (not preview pane) File>Properties: Internet Headers. I copied/pasted into Notepad so it's easier to read. Some may still get though. You may need to view headers, add to your list, and "run rules now" to clean up. Obviously this has the potential to delete legit stuff if you're not careful, so choose what you put in the header search text with care.
Well, it's the next day, almost 24 hours after trying your fix. I checked my junk mail, 0 geekquad emails. Nothing at all. I would normally see 40-70 a day, now nothing. My Spam folder is very manageable now, I get SPAM but, maybe 15-20 overnight, not over 100.
I can't see it deleting legit email because it's looking for the "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com" address. No other email would/should have that in the subject
Thanks that worked perfect ! If you were local, I'd buy you a beer 🙂
- Great news! I wish I could take you up on that beer offer! So far I haven't hit a limit as far as what that one rule can filter out. I keep adding key words into that header rule less spam. I only got 6 last night. I added those to the rule, so I'll probably see fewer than that tomorrow.
The mailwasherfree as pruned a lot out too. Outlook doesn't seem to blacklist domains well, but this tool does. It can also filter out obscene language and has ties to multiple anti-spam databases. Best of all it isn't annoying with popups like SpamCop.
Hi, if you are receiving really disturbing emails, then the best method is to report to the relevant institutions, I ask everyone to report fake :Mail senders
https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/faq
https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0210-how-get-less-spam-your-email
https://econsumer.gov/en/GettingStarted/3#crnt
- The GeekSquad was the worst offender. They were making me mad at some of the things they sent. Oh well. They are blocked now. I only got 5 spam e-mails all weekend. Header rule and MailWasherFree caught the rest.