cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/46161145
I've been using Thunderbird to sort out my junk email for a while, ever since I walked away from my Gmail account. Thunderbird does a great job, but it does mean it has to stay running somewhere.
However I'm currently in the process of moving and as a result I've had to shut down the system that that I had been running Thunderbird on. The result of which, obviously, is that my inbox is now being flooded with spam.
Since it's been a while since I last looked at the problem, I figured I ask. How do you deal with spam email?
10 Comments
iii@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 268d
It might be too late for OP to implement this, but I got this advise years ago and it works wonders: I use my own domain with a wildcard email inbox.
So when a company asks for my email address, I respond with companyname@mydomain.tld.
If ever I receive spam on companyname@mydomain.tld I just black hole that email address, and know never to trust that company again.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 268d
You can also somewhat do this with other providers in some cases.
For example, Gmail has the +Alias feature where you can use a plus symbol on your existing username to make things unique. If you go to a website and use myusername+somecompany@gmail.com those messages will still go to your same inbox. You can then use rules to handle them differently. The only problem is that some signup systems won't accept a + in an e-mail address.
Technically you can also do this with periods as well with Gmail, since:
myusername@gmail.com
my.username@gmail.com
my.user.name@gmail.com
Are all the same and go to one mailbox too. So you can use a particular variation with periods for "spam" signups, then filter those messages out.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
I knew about the periods thing, but not the + thing, that's very useful - will definitely try to start doing that, thanks for the info 👍
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 268d
I use SimpleLogin (owned by or partnered with Protonmail) to create a unique alias email for any service I sign up with. If one of those services starts spamming, I pause that alias. I also don't give out the email address I use to login to Proton.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 265d
I know proton has a lot of issues as a company, but simple login is really nice. I thought they were just partnered, but maybe they own them
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 265d
Yeah, I'm not sure of the relationship. I do know that SimpleLogin is maintained by SL, not Proton. I think SL developed Pass which is why it works so well.
aloofPenguin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 268d
Check if it's not important, then delete
foobaz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 268d
Report it as abuse: https://www.spamcop.net/
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 265d
Simple. Just don’t read your email. 99% of the email I get is junk, and is it really gonna kill me if I ignore the other 1%?
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 268d
Block it.