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Spam

This will seem a very naive question to tecchie types. When I receive emails I wish to put into Spam folders, I have to click on them first to do this, thus opening them, Is there any safer way?

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  • bingo_bango
    bingo_bango Posts: 2,594 Forumite
    What client are you using to view your mail, or is this a web based service?
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Many emails are so obviously spam you can tell before you open them.
    Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
    What it may grow to in time, I know not what.

    Daniel Defoe: 1725.
  • RumRat
    RumRat Posts: 5,078 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Opening the email won't pose you any problems, just don't open any attachments that might come with them or click on any links contained within them.
    Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
    A PIRATE
    Not an Alcoholic...!
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