How do I remove spam when there are no "unsubscribe" buttons?

Question

Over the last months I started unsubscribing from spam. I went from getting several hundred messages in my spam folder each month to getting a few dozen.

The ones that are left are for Viagra and other pharmaceuticals, replica watches, hot girls, etc. None of these can be unsubscribed too...in fact my e-mail account often warns me do delete the messages and not click links because they are not coming from who they say they are or are phishing.

My goal is 99% spam free. I know my email sorts it well, but I want zero spam. I know where it comes from...more than 5 years I used this email for some survey scams...I know now to use a throw away e-mail address if I'm curious about online opportunities like that. Now that I'm wiser, I'm still cleaning up after my mistake.

Answer 1

You will not get rid of 100%. There are always going to be SOME that meet all the criteria for a valid email message and THAT ONE will get through the best filters and anti-spam software out there. Your email address in on their lists and it is impossible to get it OFF. So, you will continue to get SOME. By the way, many UNSUBSCRIBE buttons do nothing but validate your address, so they KNOW there really is someone THERE... Which is the equivalent of prime real estate for spammers who SELL lists. For my main email address, I've set up an autoresponder which tells anyone sending me email exactly what they have to do to contact me via that address. And then, when they comply, I add their address to my white list. Anyone who does NOT follow the instructions, is simply trashed unread, which means everyone NOT on my white list gets the autoresponder and then dumped automatically. So, I simply do not care if spam gets to that address. Since it is not on my white list, the autoresponder kicks in, and then trashes the email. So, if the reply to: address actually goes anywhere, someone MAY actually see the autoresponder, but most reply to: addresses are bogus, so nothing happens. But, the few people who actually are trying to contact me for a legitimate purpose, THEY have the choice to follow the instructions from the autoresponder or not as they choose. Oh, one last thing, the autoresponder sends an image file, a picture of text. A person can read it, but not a machine...

Answer 2

Good of you decided to rid yourself from those spams.

If you're using gmail, just tick the mails box, do not click on them, and mark them as spam. This does most of the tricks.



All the best

God bless

Answer 3

A simple way to stop scam emails is in your contacts put AAAAAAAA@AAAAAAA

Answer 4

You can't get rid of them.