Question posted by lynmac2 on February 21st, 2013

Unwanted Spam

I am now receiving 100's of spam emails per week into my account and each time I block them they come back usually th same day from a 'slightly' changed address, very often with exactly the same title... is it possible to block certain words from the title etc.. loan ppi personal injury and on and on they go. I have read how to block the address from '@' onwards but this method they use actually beats that method

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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on February 22nd, 2013 4:44 AM
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Hi, spam senders are clever and extremely persistent.  You can block individual words by using a filter.  For example, you could set up an email filter so that any email with the words "personal injury" in the title goes directly to your junk mail or spam folder.

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