How to Turn Off a Spam Filter
Email is short for electronic mail. It is one of the easiest ways to send messages to different people instantly. Despite its usefulness, there are some people who use email for less desirable purposes, like spam. Spam is when somebody puts an advertisement in an email and sends it to people. Many email providers have a spam filter to get rid of spam, but these filters aren't perfect. Sometimes they catch good messages with the bad. In this case, it might be more helpful to turn off the filter entirely.
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Instructions
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Yahoo Mail
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Log in to your Yahoo mail account and click on "Management" on the left side of the screen.
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Click "Group settings" and then "Messages." After that, click "Edit" next to the words "Posting and Archives."
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Select "Off" next to the words "Spam filtering."
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Click "Save changes."
Google Mail
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Log in to your Gmail account and click on "Settings" > "Filter > "Create a filter." In the box next to the words "Has the words" enter in "is:spam."
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Click on the "Next step" button and click "OK" on the warning message that displays after you click "Next step."
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Check mark the box next to the words "Never send it to Spam" in the next dialog box that appears. Finally, click "Create filter." This will turn off your spam filter.
Windows Live Mail
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Log in to your Windows Live Mail service and click "Options" > "More Options" in the upper right corner of the page.
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Click "Filters and reporting" in the "Junk email" section.
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Change the level of protection to the lowest possible setting in the "Choose a junk e-mail filter" section. Exit out of the options and it will get as close to "turning off the spam filter" as you can get with the Windows Live Mail service. There is no exact option to turn off the spam filter, but you can greatly reduce it.
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