Getting to the bottom of your spam folder is not as scary as it sounds. (Photo: Getty) "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite ...

A spam filter is a program that automatically processes incoming messages to sift out spam and potentially dangerous computer viruses. There are many types of spam filters, thanks to the ever growing ...

Most of these are spam, but at least one definitely isn’t. Before I incur the wrath of non-Gmail users, let me just note that this tip also applies to Hotmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and so on. But ...

We all get piles of junk e-mail every week and no matter what we do, it just seems to always get through our junk filters. We setup rules, black lists and white lists in hopes of creating a more ...

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The average person receives an awful lot of spam and scams by phone, text, and email. Apple and ISPs offer anti-spam tools for email (with varying degrees of effectiveness), and cell carriers and ...