Email is still very common. A significant percentage of Internet users have personal mailboxes at their disposal, where letters from other users come, some important and not very notifications, as well as intrusive adware- spam. Despite the fact that the problem with spam in postal services has existed since their inception, they still have not completely got rid of it, although many services are making attempts.

• There is an advertisement for any services, services, goods, etc .;
• The message is an inducement for some action, for example, subscribe to a newsletter, make a translation, etc. Moreover this message usually comes "out of nowhere";
• The letter contains calls to use some site, service, scheme, etc., which have a dubious reputation.

Removing spam from mail

It should be understood that many users themselves contribute to "attacks" by spammers on their mailboxes, posting information about them on any resources where it is required. Also, some people post their Email in the public domain for specific purposes. This is actively used by spammers, collecting a database of addresses.

If you want to receive less spam, then follow some of these recommendations:

• • Register several mailboxes for different needs. For example, one box for discussing work issues, another for registering on various resources, the third for personal affairs. Many mail services allow you to link several mailboxes to one account;

• • Many mail services have the ability to filter messages by folders. Take this opportunity;

• • Those letters that you consider to be spam should be entered into a special folder that has already been created by the system by default. If possible, send a complaint to the sender;

• Try not to use your email address on suspicious sites.

By following these tips, you can significantly reduce the flow of spam emails. Next, let's take a closer look at ways to combat spam for well-known email services.

Yandex Mail

Electronic mailboxes from Yandex are one of the most popular solutions for domestic users. The postal service is directly connected with other services of the company, which opens up additional opportunities for the user.

As for spam, Yandex is constantly upgrading its anti-spam algorithm. All letters that you sent to the spam folder are analyzed by the algorithm. After that, other messages with similar content will be sent to the spam folder automatically. However, initially you will have to manually delete unwanted items:

1. 1. Open the mail service and go to the tab "Inbox", which is located in the left or top menu. By default, this includes all incoming emails that were not blocked by the service for spam and other violations.

1. 1. In the upper submenu, open the tab "All categories"... You can open any other tab as long as the unwanted messages might have something to do with it.

1. 1. From general list mark those emails that you regard as spam. In order to put a mark, you just need to click on the box opposite the letter.

1. 1. If you have too many incoming letters, then for convenience, you can sort them not only in categories, as described in the second step, but also by dates.

1. 1. Now the selected emails need to be marked as spam. To do this, just use the button "This is spam" in the toolbar.

1. 1. The selected letters will be sent to the corresponding folder. Here you can permanently delete or restore them if you previously sent some letter by mistake. All folder contents "Spam" deleted automatically every 10 days.

After the actions taken, not only the marked letter is sent to the "spam", but also the sender's mailbox. That is, messages coming from this address will automatically go to the appropriate folder.

You can also "help" the system to protect you from incoming spam... To do this, you need to configure special filters that intercept and send suspicious messages to the folder "Spam". This function It can be very helpful if you receive messages of the same type from sites and social networks. Filters are configured as follows:

1. 1. In folder "Inbox" open one of the letters that you would not like to receive anymore.

1. 1. Pay attention to the toolbar. There you need to use a button with three horizontal dots.

1. 1. From the context menu, select "Create Rule".

1. 1. Here find the line Apply... You need to set the value in the first field "To all emails, including spam" and in the second field "With and without attachments".

1. 1. Now in the block "If" you need to remove all the default parameters, with the exception of the parameter "From whom".

1. 1. IN "Take action" check the box next to the preferred action for similar emails. For example, check the box "Delete".

1. 1. In case you decide that it is better to transfer such messages to some folder (for example, "Spam"), and not delete immediately, then check this folder in the drop-down list.

1. 1. As for the rest of the fields, it is not necessary to change anything in them. However, if you think it is necessary, you can make adjustments to them.

1. 1. Now click on the button "Create Rule" and "Apply to existing emails".

After applying the filter, messages from the selected sender will be automatically moved to the specified folder or deleted. The same goes for emails already received. If necessary, you can recover even deleted emails from "Baskets", however, no later than 10 days from the date of their deletion.

Mail.ru

This service is provided by the company of the same name. Previously, it was the most popular in Runet, but now fewer and fewer people use them. In terms of its capabilities, it is practically not inferior to Yandex. You can also quickly block spam here.

However, Mail.ru's anti-spam algorithm does not perform as well as its competitor. Because of this, you may have to frequently manually clear your mail from spam. Also in the folder "Inbox" far more spam is received here than the competitor, though not much more.

The cleaning algorithm looks like this:

1. 1. Open the reception service emails from Mail.ru in your Internet browser. Log in to your account.

1. 1. Now click on the tab "Letters", which is located in the top panel.

1. 1. In the left menu open the folder "Inbox".

1. 1. You will be redirected to all messages that came to your mailbox and were not marked as spam by the system by default. Find those messages that you consider spam and would like to block.

1. 1. Select them using special fields located opposite the icon of the letter itself.

1. 1. Find and use the button in the toolbar "Spam".

1. 1. Marked emails will now be moved to a folder "Spam". This section cleared automatically every 30 days.

Now all messages from those addresses that are in the folder will be blocked "Spam".

In the system from Mail.ru, you can also configure filters that will automatically send to special folders or delete letters from certain senders. Filters are configured as follows:

1. 1. Select those letters, whose senders you want to send "Under the filter".

1. 1. In the toolbar that appears, click the button "More".

1. 1. A context menu will appear where you need to select the item "Create filter" or use the suggested keyboard shortcut Shift + L.

1. 1. A window with filter settings will open. Here in the block "To" the item should be noted "Delete forever".

1. 1. Be sure to check the box "Apply to letters in folders".

1. 1. A context menu will appear where you need to select "All folders".

1. 1. If you often receive messages from senders whose mailbox is associated not with the mail service, but with a personal domain (for example, from some site), then in the field "If" strip all text up to the character «@» .

1. 1. Save the finished filter using the appropriate button.

1. 1. To apply the created filter, go to the section "Filtering rules" and click on the link there "Filter".

1. 1. Check the section "Inbox" for the existence of letters from an unwanted sender.

Gmail

This is a world-renowned postal service that occupies a leading position in the international market for resources of a similar focus. The service gained its popularity due to high level technical equipment, a large number available functions of advanced algorithms. Although for an ordinary user, the functionality and interface of the service is not much different from the analogues of Yandex and Mail.ru.

Let's move on to cleaning up spam in Gmail:

1. 1. Go to the service website and go through the authorization there.

1. 1. In the main menu of the service, go to the tab "Inbox".

1. 1. Use the special fields to mark unwanted messages with checkmarks.

1. 1. A control panel will appear, where you need to click on the exclamation mark icon with a signature "Into spam!".

1. 1. The selected messages will be moved to the appropriate folder, from where they will be deleted automatically by the system after a certain period of time. Also, all letters from the selected senders will also automatically go to this folder.

Gmail has the ability to connect with others Google services which many people often use. From this, the mailbox is flooded with spam and other notifications from these services. To avoid this, you need to configure filtering in advance:

1. 1. Reply with check marks to letters from the sender from whom you do not want to receive them.

1. 1. In the toolbar that appears, use the button "More".

1. 1. IN context menu select item "Filter similar emails".

1. 1. Now in the graph "From" you need to delete all the text up to the dog character ( @ ). An example can be seen in the picture.

1. 1. Pay attention to the lower right corner of the window that opens. Here you need to use a text link "Create a filter according to this request".

1. 1. Check the box "Delete" if you want the system to automatically get rid of messages from this sender. If messages do not need to be deleted, but you do not want to see them in "Incoming" then check the box "Add category"... In the dedicated field, select "Spam".

1. 1. Check the box next to "Apply filter to matching conversation".

1. 1. Use the button to finish. "Create filter"... It will be applied to the corresponding emails automatically.

After receiving letters from this sender, they will not be deleted immediately and irrevocably (even if this item is checked). These letters will still be available for some time in "Basket" or folder "Spam"... After which they will be removed from there automatically.

Rambler

This service is no longer as popular as its counterparts discussed above. In terms of its functionality, interface and principle of operation, it is more similar to Mail.ru. True, there are still some unique points here that relate to the process of getting rid of spam, filtering messages, etc.

Let's take a look at how to get rid of spam in Rambler:

1. 1. Go to the Rambler mail service. Please authorize.

1. 1. On the left side, go to your inbox.

1. 1. Place a check mark in the special fields opposite those letters that you would not like to receive anymore and which you consider to be spam.

1. 1. On the control panel, press the button "Spam".

1. 1. Emails will be forwarded to a folder "Spam"... They will lie there for some time until they are removed by the system in automatic order... If necessary, you can delete them yourself.

It also provides a filtering system for incoming emails, so you can get rid of spam in automatic mode... Let's see how email filtering works on this service:

1. 1. In the navigation menu, use the button "Settings".

1. 1. A window with basic settings will appear. In the top menu, select a section "Filters".

1. 1. In chapter "Conditions" click on the button "New filter".

1. 1. Block parameters "If" retain their default values.

1. 1. In a special line, you must enter the full address of the unwanted sender. If there are several of them, then use the plus icon to add another field with the address.

1. 1. In field "Then" check the box "Delete email permanently"... If you do not need to see letters from selected senders in your inbox, but it also makes no sense to delete them immediately, then check the box "Move to folder"... The adjacent field will become active, there you need to put "Spam".

1. 1. To save filters, use the corresponding button. Filters will be applied to all incoming new emails. However, they do not apply to old emails.

Almost all mail services work according to similar algorithms, therefore, you should not have any problems as a user. All actions are reduced to moving messages to the appropriate folder and filtering settings.

Spam on email often referred to as "junk mail". They are of three types:

1. Advertising messages. Unnecessary advertisements and sales offers often attack work email, distracting your attention and wasting your time. Do not reply to such emails, otherwise your address will be identified as "live" and you will receive even more spam.

2. Fraudulent invitations. Fraudulent emails become especially numerous during periods of economic downturns and crises. As a rule, their headlines promise manna from heaven or mimic a service mailing. In most cases, their purpose is to direct you to the link you need to click on. The result of a click can be an installation on your PC spyware, and in the future - breaking passwords and emptying electronic accounts.

3. Mailings. We are talking about mailings to which you have been subscribed by accident or unnoticed. Often at the very bottom of the body of the letter there is a clickable phrase "Unsubscribe from the mailing list", which allows you to remove your address from the database of this mailing list. If not, delete the mailing list using one of the methods described below.

Send spam to a dedicated folder

There are two ways to get rid of spam that already comes to E-Mail:

Manually

If spam doesn't overload your mail too much, you can manually flag unwanted emails. All major mail services (Yandex.Mail, Mail.ru, Gmail, Rambler) allow you to do this in two clicks.

Select an email in the Inbox folder, put a checkmark in front of it and click the corresponding button: "Spam", "This is spam" or "To spam". The letter will appear in a separate "Spam" folder, from where it will be automatically deleted in a few days. In the future, all letters from the sender's address, as well as similar ones, will be sent to this folder, bypassing the "Inbox".

Attention! Sometimes the necessary letters can get into the "Spam" folder, so check it when you are waiting for a letter. You can send such a letter back to your Inbox if you select it with a tick and click the Do not spam button on the toolbar.

Automatically

Set up a filter that will immediately filter out all unnecessary letters. Let's take a closer look at how to do this in Yandex.Mail and Mail.ru, the most popular mail services on the Russian Internet.

Creating a rule in Yandex.Mail:

1. Select: Mail - All settings - Incoming mail processing rules - Create rule.

3. Then set the conditions "If": "From whom" - enter the address from which you receive spam.

4. Below you need to choose what action to perform: "Delete", or "Put in folder" - "Spam". Everything else can be left blank.

5. Click the "Create Rule" and "Apply to Existing Emails" button to get rid of the already received spam.

Filter settings in Mail.ru:

1. In the "Inbox" folder, check the box for the letters you want to block the sender.

2. On the More tab, select Create Filter.

3. On the page that opens, in the "If" block, the address of the selected sender will appear. In the "To" section, select the "Delete forever" value (or "Move to folder" - "Spam").

5. To complete the procedure, in the "My filtering rules" block to the right of the created filter, click on the "Filter" link.

6. Check the result in the Inbox folder: all messages from this recipient should be removed from the list (or moved to the Spam folder).

Protect your inbox

How does your email address end up in the spammers database? There are programs, spam bots, which collect email addresses all over the Internet and transmit them to services that send spam letters through this database, sometimes several thousand a day. To minimize the risk of getting into the database of spammers in the future, follow these simple rules:

1. Do not register your E-Mail on an unverified resource, the reputation of which gives rise to doubts. It is also better to pass by the "dead" resource, where there are no new publications, recent user comments.

2. To register on secondary resources, create an additional mailbox so as not to jeopardize your work or personal E-Mail.

3. Pay attention to the item "Subscribe to the newsletter", which is most often located at the bottom under the registration form. Without a shadow of a doubt, uncheck it if you are not interested in the newsletter from this resource.

4. Avoid publicizing your email address on forums and others open sources... If you still need to provide your mailing address, then fill out the record as follows: name (dog) domain (dot) ru. With this form of entry, it is much less likely that a spam bot will recognize your address.

If time has already been lost, and spammers powerfully attack your corporate mailbox every day, then you can get rid of spam protective programs... However, installing them on the server requires special knowledge and access rights. Talk to system administrator to solve the problem, it is his responsibility.

Everyone modern user computer, unfortunately, is forced to deal with spam, in the form of some kind of mailings, most often of an advertising nature. In short, spam is information that you do not ask for, but that you receive, regardless of your desire.

It is sent by people - spammers who send mass mailings to databases email addresses... Unfortunately, getting rid of spam is hard enough and in some cases it is simply impossible. But there are a couple of rules that will help you, if not permanently get rid of it, then at least reduce the flow of spam to your computer.

Of course, the most important rule for getting rid of spam is conspiracy on the Internet. If your e-mail address gets to spammers in their database of addresses, then spam letters will come to you all the time, no matter what you do.

But, if you create a separate mailbox for registration on various sites and forums, you will have the opportunity not to "shine" your main e-mail address on the Internet and, accordingly, to divert it from the threat of receiving spam.

And also try not to publish your email address in open access... It often happens that users indicate their addresses directly in messages on forums, and then they are surprised that their mailbox is attacked by hundreds of letters with advertisements and all kinds of unnecessary information. If there is an urgent need to indicate your email address in messages open to milestones, then try to encrypt its name. For example, replace the @ sign with the word Dog. Then special spy programs scouring the Internet in search of new addresses will not be able to detect and recognize your email.

If, nevertheless, spam letters have begun to come to your mail, you do not need to read them, let alone answer them. Always add them to the dedicated Spam folder. Or add this recipient to the black list so that letters from him will be automatically transferred to the spam folder. For example, in mailbox on Yandex, you can check the box next to such an unwanted message and click the "Spam" button on the top of the menu bar.

In cases where spam email just does not give a pass and you cannot cope with it in any way, then it is better to change the mailbox.

Spam attacks us not only in email newsletters, but also in in social networks... The administration of social networks is trying in every possible way to combat spam and punish its distributors. The social network "VKontakte" suffers especially from spam - there spam is sent by personal messages, notes on the "wall", and comments on photos and videos. You should not follow the links provided in such notes.

In addition to unnecessary messages and notes on social networks, the real trouble is when spammers crack passwords to the personal pages of participants and start sending spam on their behalf. First of all, such mailing is carried out to the friends of the "hacked" user with the hope that they will not suspect their friend of something bad and will definitely follow the link specified in the message. If you are faced with this, then the only way to remedy the situation will be only to change the password on your personal page.

There can be many tips and solutions to combat spam, but always remember that The best way- this is neatness: do not leave your contacts anywhere and often change and update passwords. Never click on suspicious links sent and do not fall for the tempting offers of people who advertise about themselves in a dishonest and ugly way.