[Hidden-tech] So much junk mail!

Chris Hart chris at chrishart.net
Fri Jul 17 15:51:48 EDT 2015


I don't remember if you received useful responses, or not, Christine.

For some reason I didn't see your posting until now, so I thought I'd respond...

One thing you could do is look at the spam settings in your web hosting interface.  Many web hosts have spam filter adjustments, that you can increase/decrease to customize the percentage of junk/real mail you get.  Many web hosts use spam assassin which has a default setting of 5.  I would suggest lowering it to 3 (which counterintuitively is more aggressive).

If you find that's not effective enough, you could talk to your web host about a premium anti-spam solution (that you would have to pay them an additional fee for).

Lastly, you could use SpamSieve on your Mac....
http://c-command.com/spamsieve/ <http://c-command.com/spamsieve/>
Which is very effective and can be trained for the types of junk you receive.

Chris Hart
     Computer Support & Technology Consulting
        for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts
            Tel: 860-291-9393
                chris at chrishart.net
                    http://www.MyMacTech.com
			


> On Apr 22, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Christine Polaczak <chris at cpdesignworks.com> wrote:
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> Dear Hidden-Tech gurus,
> 
> Just recently, my email Junk folder has become over-filled with unsolicited mail — over 100 each morning and many more throughout the day.
> 
> Short of changing my email address, is there a way to stop the flood of junk? I use Mac Mail on a MacBook Pro with iOS Yosemite v 10.10.3.
> 
> Thanks on advance for your sage advice.
> 
> Chris
> 
> Christine Polaczak
> chris at cpdesignworks.com <mailto:chris at cpdesignworks.com>
> 413 539-3582
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