How to Ban Junk Mail

Junk mail can contain hazardous viruses.

Junk mail often appears in your email box, asking you to visit websites or offering discounts to certain products. However, certain junk mail may contain dangerous spyware or viruses that may harm your computer. While most computers contain virus protectors to prevent such junk mail from harming a computer, opening a dangerous junk email can still cause damage. Ban junk mail altogether to avoid any threats.

Instructions

Gmail

1. Log into your Gmail account. Enter your username and password. Your inbox will automatically appear.

2. Click on the gray box next to the junk mail. A check mark will appear.

3. Click "Report as spam." Gmail will automatically ask you if you would like to unsubscribe and report. Click "Unsubscribe and Report as Spam."

Hotmail

1. Login to Hotmail. Enter your username and password. You inbox will automatically appear.

2. Find a junk mailer and click on the white box next to the mailer; a check box will appear.

3. Click the "Also block future messages" option. This option will automatically block and delete all messages, sending messages directly to the delete folder.

4. Click the drop box titled "Deleted." Select all files present in the folder by clicking the "Select all" box. Click "Delete" to delete.

Yahoo

1. Login to your Yahoo mail account. Enter your username and password. Your inbox will automatically appear.

2. Click an email. Click on the white box next to the mailer, and a check box appears.

3. Click "Spam" to automatically send the mail to the spam folder.

4. Click "Options." Click "More Options." Click the "Spam" option. Click "Blocked E-mail address" to add and block junk mail addresses.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid signing up for notifications from retail stores or other websites that ask for your email, as hackers may use these sites to send out potential threatening emails.

References

• Cipcug: Dangers of Email
• Gmail: Reporting Spam
• Yahoo: Preventing Spam