How to Get Rid of Spam in Chat on Yahoo! Email

Spam in chat is analagous to junk mail.

Yahoo! Mail lets you use a version of Yahoo! Messenger when signed in to your account. Anyone who knows your Yahoo! ID can send you chat messages. You can respond to those messages, ignore them or block them. When you a block a user, Yahoo! uses that action to help determine whether that user is a spammer. The more often a spammer gets blocked, the more likely that user's account will be suspended or terminated. You can help rid Yahoo! Mail of chat spam by making a habit of blocking spammers one at a time.

Instructions

1. Open a browser, navigate to the Yahoo! Mail website at mail.yahoo.com and sign in with your Yahoo! ID and password. If you have any new spam chat messages, their corresponding notification windows will pop up in the lower right corner of the screen.

2. Click the "Block Sender" link in any of the spam chat notification windows. A confirmation window appears and informs you that this action will stop the user from being able to contact you or see your online status.

3. Click the "Block" button that appears in the confirmation window. One final confirmation window appears and informs you the sender has been blocked.

4. Click the "Close" button in the final confirmation window and repeat the entire process for any remaining new spam chat messages.

Tips & Warnings

• The more often you block spammers, the better Yahoo! will be able to combat them. Rather than simply dismissing spam chat messages, always take a moment to go through the blocking procedure.

References

• Yahoo! Mail Help: Advanced Chat Features: Blocking Chat Messages

Resources

• New Yahoo! Mail Help: Receiving and Blocking Chat Messages
• New Yahoo! Mail Help: Can I Un-block People From Chatting With Me?