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Spam Filter Issue in Yahoo Mail Account

Author: Daisy Willor
by Daisy Willor
Posted: Aug 14, 2017

Spam emails generally include unwanted requests to buy products and services. However, some of these spam emails may also contain spyware, viruses, and malware that can affect your device and make your data and business vulnerable. If you are a Yahoo Mail user, you can make use of Yahoo’s Spam Guard tool, spam blocker, and email filter options to keep your account secure. While Spam Guard is enabled by default in all Yahoo Mail account, you will still need to add filters and block spam emails from entering your inbox to keep your data and business as secure as possible. If you don’t know or if you are having trouble setting Spam filter for your Yahoo Mail account, the following measures will help you resolve the problem easily and quickly.

Measures to Fix Spam Filter Issue in Yahoo Mail Account

  1. Sign in with your Yahoo Mail account and right click on the email which you suspect as a Spam.
  2. Select the option Filter Emails Like This… from the drop down menu. This will open an Add Filter window.
  3. Enter a suitable title for the filter which you are going to create. Select the appropriate options under the section If an incoming message meets all of the conditions.

For example, select the appropriate option from the drop down for the From column. The From field would be pre-entered automatically with the email address of the email you selected earlier.

4.) After that, under the option Then move the message to this folder select Trash, Archive, or New Folder as per your preference.

4.) Click Save to add the filter in your Yahoo Mail account. Moreover, you can also send multiple spam email to the Spam Folder by selecting the check box located next to each email and clicking on the Spam button located at the top of the Yahoo Mail page.

5.) If you are getting spam emails from a single email address only, instead of creating a filter, you can block that sender by blocking its email address under Gear Icon> Settings> Blocked Address. Just enter the email address of that particular sender in the Add an address field and click Block and then Save to block the sender from sending spam emails to your account.

For more assistance or to fix any other issue in your Yahoo Mail account, you can straight away contact Yahoo customer support team on our toll free phone number which is available 24 by 7 and our communication lines include the 24 hour toll-free number, email support, and live-chat support. So, feel free to contact us anytime from anywhere.

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Author: Daisy Willor

Daisy Willor

Member since: May 11, 2017
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