what can be done about spam to my hotmail account?
I had been getting 6-7 per day. In recent days I'm getting about 3 per hour or 70 per day. Non stop.
I know they are auto deleted after 6 days I think. Also the other day I put a check mark by a few and clicked on "block."
That may have blocked a few dozen but they have been replaced by just as many.
Many of the domains are @ a series of numbers and letters in no specific order.
I've tried the message rules and they do not work well. I added sender "name"" to be deleted as a message rule and "name" keeps arriving as well as all their friends. I never joined any site that might be the source of all this spam.
I know they are auto deleted after 6 days I think. Also the other day I put a check mark by a few and clicked on "block."
That may have blocked a few dozen but they have been replaced by just as many.
Many of the domains are @ a series of numbers and letters in no specific order.
I've tried the message rules and they do not work well. I added sender "name"" to be deleted as a message rule and "name" keeps arriving as well as all their friends. I never joined any site that might be the source of all this spam.
BillBondo
Unfortunately not much can be done unless you bought your own device. Do the go to the spam folder?
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They go to the junk folder. Send there by Microsoft.
I was only getting a few per day and suddenly early this week it became 2-3 per hour.
Here is a sample domain and many have this type:
30165348.12A060B55A1F1D88D
I was only getting a few per day and suddenly early this week it became 2-3 per hour.
Here is a sample domain and many have this type:
30165348.12A060B55A1F1D88D
You could try getting a new mail address for the case that too many know your current one. Also using a client that has a good spam filter so most new spam automatically goes into the junk folder automatically.
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They go to the junk folder until they are about a week old and then Hotmail deletes them auto.
This massive 40 per day started only a few days ago. Massive blitz compared to normal. Normal might be 10-12 since we have had the account for over 10 years. 40+ a day by "new" domains is new.
This massive 40 per day started only a few days ago. Massive blitz compared to normal. Normal might be 10-12 since we have had the account for over 10 years. 40+ a day by "new" domains is new.
Microsoft and other companies along with the FBI are continuously trying to locate these people and shut them down. A lot of the spam is actually sent by virus infected machines that are controlled from one or more 'central locations'. Every time they take down one of the spam networks, spam goes down for a while. Until the spammers rebuild their network and start over again.