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AOL American Spam 14256
Robin9
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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
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Delete it yourself,Pointless blocking as most of the "from" emails will be spoofed anyway.1
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I do delete it 20 or 30 items several times a dayNever pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill0
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Can you do rules eg 'if message contains mcafee then delete'
Outlook allows this0 -
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...0
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