How to Disable a Spam Filter

Email users sometimes need to disable their spam filters.

Symantec, a recognized Internet security company, notes that spam has come to account for more than three-fourths of all email messages. Email programs encourage users to activate the providers' spam filters to block as much spam as possible from uses' inboxes. Some users, upon checking their spam folders, may discover that the filters deposit legitimate emails in spam folders. Users must then decide whether they will turn off the spam filter completely. Email programs provide opportunities for users to disable their spam filter.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access

Instructions

Disable Gmail Filter

1. Open the Gmail inbox and click on an incoming message. Click "settings" at the Gmail page's upper right.

2. Click "Settings" on the filter page's toolbar.

3. Run down the list of filters which you have created. Click "delete" on all the filters that you want to remove. Return to the Gmail inbox.

Disable Yahoo Filter

1. Open Yahoo's inbox homepage. Click "Options" in the page's upper-right corner. Choose "More Options" from the Options' dropdown menu.

2. Click the Spam link on the left side of the page. Uncheck the check box in front of "Automatically send suspected spam to my Spam folder option." Check that no addresses appear in the "Blocked Email Addresses" field.

3. Click "Save Changes" and return to the Yahoo inbox page.

Disable Hotmail Filter

1. Open Hotmail's inbox homepage. Click on the "Options" button in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

2. Click "More Options" from the Options' drop-down menu. Choose "Filters and reporting."

3. Look at the "Choose a junk e-mail filter" title. Under the subheading "Select the filter level you want to apply to incoming messages," click on the "Low" option. Click "Save."

References

• Gmail: Email
• Yahoo: Email
• Hotmail: Email