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AOL American Spam 14256

Robin9
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edited 24 February 2023 at 10:35AM in Techie Stuff


I am getting inundated with spam  - often 14256 @ xxxxxxxxx.xxxx or newsletter@yyyyyyy.yyy     You have been selected, tried to deliver. McAfee expired ......

The old AOL enabled you to identify and block these but I get a message "exceeds 1000....."  The newer version had the facility under "more ... " to spam, block the emails

I don't want to loose my AOL address


Any suggestions ?

Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill

Comments

  • Neil_Jones
    Neil_Jones Posts: 9,700 Forumite
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    Delete it yourself,

    Pointless blocking as most of the "from" emails will be spoofed anyway.
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,987 Forumite
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    I do delete it  20 or 30 items several times a day
    Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill
  • km1500
    km1500 Posts: 2,790 Forumite
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    Can you do rules eg 'if message contains mcafee then delete'

    Outlook allows this
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,994 Forumite
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    AOL used to have good blocking options but when Yahoo took over they stopped it. I had one set to only allow known email
    addresses and other AOL users but they removed that option and its quite limited now.

    You can still keep AOL but use another email client and get that to block the emails. I use Thunderbird for
    my old AOL emails and yes they get way more spam than any gmail ones.

    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,987 Forumite
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    km1500 said:
    Can you do rules eg 'if message contains mcafee then delete'

    Outlook allows this
    That works to an extent - I can use a rule - move to blocked , then I can delete en-block
    Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill
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