What Email Is Best For Getting Less Spam, Too Much Spam

[sare^baw's]

I just use Yahoo mail and set up an alternative "base" address to which you can add a little bit on the end for every site you visit. Then if you find you are getting bombarded by spam, you can change that site's email address to a new one and delete the old one.

e.g. My main email could be [email protected] then you can set up an alternative base address of [email protected]

Now that [email protected] doesn't work on its own, you have to add bits. So if you signed up to amazon, you could set up the email as [email protected], for sainsburys [email protected]

They are all different and say you started getting a lot of spam on one, you could change [email protected] to [email protected] and then delete martinsmith-amazon.

All the emails to all the aliases go to the one inbox and you can pick the address you want to send emails from when you write one.

Hmm this is very interesting, Do you set up an alias address on yahoo for every website you register at? Or does this alternative base address allow you to use any configuration of [email protected] ? Gmx allows 10 alias addresses. Does yahoo give you more?

 

[ic1male]

Hmm this is very interesting, Do you set up an alias address on yahoo for every website you register at? Or does this alternative base address allow you to use any configuration of [email protected] ?

I don't do it for every site. For friends, family and websites that I generally trust I'll use the main [email protected] address and then for sites I'm not totally OK with I'll use [email protected].

So you can see which site is giving you spam and delete the email and create a new one martinsmith-sitename2 or just not bother with said site again.

As for number of address, I'm not sure. I guess it's infinite really. The basename, martinsmith is the unique bit so you can add anything you want after it.

 

[d_brennen]

Op said they DON'T want spam.

Just Gmail

I've had a hotmail account since forever and get little spam. I use my Gmail account for anything which I suspect will be spam attracting and make use of the block sender (domain usually) feature. Very little spam, unlike my Gmail... Most of the spam in there is from Google

 

[sare^baw's]

I don't do it for every site. For friends, family and websites that I generally trust I'll use the main [email protected] address and then for sites I'm not totally OK with I'll use [email protected].

So you can see which site is giving you spam and delete the email and create a new one martinsmith-sitename2 or just not bother with said site again.

As for number of address, I'm not sure. I guess it's infinite really. The basename, martinsmith is the unique bit so you can add anything you want after it.

I read an article regarding the yahoo disposable email addresses, i understand you more now. I think this is the way forward. I have created a yahoo email account. I think i will now be reluctant to give out my main email addresses to anyone. If i stick with using disposable emails addresses i should never need to go through this pain ever again.

Many thanks for putting me onto this way of managing emails.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I think people are lucky if they have never had a spam problem. This looks like the way forward.

 

[dbmzk1]

Gmail (or in my case Google Apps) > everything else.

It really is the best, especially when it comes to spam filtering.

 

[Stoner81]

Google Apps is no longer free however, Zoho is afaik.

Stoner81.

 

[sare^baw's]

After my experience, i think the yahoo disposable email addresses are the best idea. At the end of the day you dont want spam email at all, never mind filtered spam, then you need to check if there is good emails amongst them.

I did not get any spam yesterday, the spammers must not work the weekend.

 

[sare^baw's]

ic1male - i have just noticed, when using Thunderbird client or Yahoo mail online, if i receive an email from an alias address, when i reply to it, my mail account address is used not the alias. Is there a way to change this to reply using the alias?

 

[Stoner81]

In Thunderbird open up Account Settings and scroll to the bottom and look for "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" that should allow you to set it up. I have this done with all my mail accounts so as when I send mail from one account it uses the proper settings and email address.

Hope it helps

Stoner81.

 

[Randomface74]

Is this a joke? I guess you don't use it for work. I'd miss a lot of important emails with that rule.

No I don't use it for work, but I suppose you could whitelist your work domain and your customer contacts.

I also use a different address for everyone I give an address to. So when it starts getting spammed I block just the one.

 

[ic1male]

ic1male - i have just noticed, when using Thunderbird client or Yahoo mail online, if i receive an email from an alias address, when i reply to it, my mail account address is used not the alias. Is there a way to change this to reply using the alias?

I only use Yahoo mail online and when replying/composing the "From" field has a dropdown box which presents all the different emails I've set up.

I also get the option using the iOS Yahoo mail app but I have not used a desktop email client for donkey's years. Eudora in about 2005 I think.

 

[sare^baw's]

I only use Yahoo mail online and when replying/composing the "From" field has a dropdown box which presents all the different emails I've set up.

I also get the option using the iOS Yahoo mail app but I have not used a desktop email client for donkey's years. Eudora in about 2005 I think.

ah bummer it does not automatically use the same alias address , cheers anyway

 

[ic1male]

ah bummer it does not automatically use the same alias address , cheers anyway

Ah, I see what you mean now. Yeah, it's not something I've noticed as my additional email addresses are for incoming only. I never reply on those ones.

 

[sare^baw's]

Ah, I see what you mean now. Yeah, it's not something I've noticed as my additional email addresses are for incoming only. I never reply on those ones.

Ill use my yahoo email account for all the websites and online stores i register at, comparison sites etc, anything that does not require correspondence. Ill set up separate accounts for that purpose

 

[koolpc]

Yahoo = millions of adverts

 

[ic1male]

Yahoo = millions of adverts

Adblocker keeps them hidden but they autoplay videos if your Inbox is empty but only once a day. I don't find it too intrusive.

 

[sare^baw's]

Adblocker keeps them hidden but they autoplay videos if your Inbox is empty but only once a day. I don't find it too intrusive.

yeah i too dont see adverts with adblock plus, also most of the time i will be using Thunderbird email client.

 

[chroniclard]

Google inbox/gmail works great for me.

 

[Edward78]

For me Gmail is best for not getting spam, sometimes (hardly at all for me) I get a spam in my inbox or none spam in my spam folder... Hotmail (outlook now) they are spam magnets (well maybe not anymore, haven't used for years) not a huge amount, but they let spam though...

 

[memyselfandi]

I went through a period where my GMail started getting a lot of spam at the beginning of this year but that seems to have dropped down to a normal background level of 1-2 emails a day.

My Yahoo account gets a lot, due to an idiot who thinks its her address and signs up for all sorts of stuff.

My Hotmail account doesn't much at all and I've had that since the pre-Microsoft days ...