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Better effort on the part of Yahoo is needed to detect spam before letting it get through to users.

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Hi. We're sorry to hear you're receiving spam emails! We have some solutions for you, please refer to this article to learn how to best manage unwanted emails: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/manage-spam-mailing-lists-yahoo-mail-sln28056.html


We also added additional security features for Yahoo Mail: 

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/additional-security-features-yahoo-mail-sln29297.html


If you need assistance, you can reach out to us at help.yahoo.com 


Thank you! 

Yahoo Mail team

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  • Marciana Paul commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why did Yahoo take away the option to "block sender"??? Now I have to deal with spam mail that no matter how many times you "unsubscribe" even though I never subscribed to them, they keep popping up!! At least if you all was going to remove the block function you all should get better of blocking spam email that have been FLAGGED AS SPAM!

  • Jenni Christie commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am unimpressed that you have removed the section from the far right hand side [...] that allowed us to block spam. I get heaps of spam and would like to see this function returned so that Ic an then continue to block spam emails

  • Michael Beggs commented  ·   ·  Report

    You used to have BLOCK SENDER option for years....FREE
    Now it appears you have to pay for upgraded service to get this option.....Seems like yahoo is intentionally letting spammers in just to sell their service ??????
    Is it not illegal for all these spammers presenting themselves as Major Corporations...Walmart,Lowes,Kohls....etc ????
    Bring back the BLOCK SENDERS tab......for FREE !!!

  • Debby capozzi commented  ·   ·  Report

    I think your mail+ is a scam plus every time I try to sign up for my computer for mail+ I get a screen that is in german

  • Debby capozzi commented  ·   ·  Report

    since I signed up for mail + i receive more 500 a week of spam you need better spam control

  • Sharon Tvorik commented  ·   ·  Report

    I blocked a domain, but still receive spam emails from this domain. The titles of these emails have sexually explicit language are soliciting sex. I NEVER OPEN THESE SPAM EMAILS. I look up the raw email to get the email address and manually block it. They all have the same domain name that I listed as blocked. Why do I keep getting these horrible emails. I NEVER SUBSCRIBED or authorized anything to get these. My email is being sold over and over. I am sure of that. This time to email addresses ending in co.uk and a domain that is not being blocked. Is there anything to stop this?

  • Ruta Rasmussen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi
    Why can't I block everything from my spam box when some e-mail arrives with an "invalid" address? For example "your ukrainian girl@morales.resourcenature.com"
    and the like.
    It really annoys me that more and more of this kind of spam is pouring in every single day.
    If e-mail with "invalid" address can be sent and it reaches the recipient, it should be possible to block the sender.
    Regards
    Ruth

  • Rebecca Turner commented  ·   ·  Report

    would love it if you'd bring back the option to "sort" emails BY SENDER. Sometimes I've saved emails thinking I'll get back to it and take advantage of a sale etc., but forget about it. Would love to do a "SORT BY SENDER" so I can then delete ALL those since they have most likely expired.

  • Torsten Driscoll commented  ·   ·  Report

    If I "click" the "Mark as spam" in the tool bar, I DO NOT want to be asked if I would rather "Unsubscribe." You know, or you should, this immediately gives spammers an idea that I am a legitimate email address and opens the flood gates! Your spam filters already suck if you are asking! Please remove this. I want to "Mark as spam" and move on!

    Yahoo! Mail combined this comment on "UserVoice" with this "subject matter" and honestly, other than the word "spam", It is not similar at all....Sorry for crowding this feed!!

  • S G commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have been a Yahoo customer for over 10 years during this time SPAM mail has increased to unacceptable amounts. Used the Yahoo email address and domain blocking provided but to no avail. Blocked emails and domains continue to allow messages even though they are "blocked"??? Contacted Yahoo customer service which was a joke and no real help offered other than for me to change my email address

  • dawn Ravenel commented  ·   ·  Report

    I want to be able to block, remove any past messages especially on offensive emails. I used to be able to block and stop any future emails but the service is no longer on my account. It's a shame that so many scams and criminals get to send me emails. Some of these places probably have hundreds of addresses to keep posting us. Yahoo really should give us more power with our account. Thanks

  • Michael Ervin commented  ·   ·  Report

    I get 300 spam emails a day in my spam box.. Some go to my inbox. There should not be even one!!

  • Michael Ervin commented  ·   ·  Report

    How about have a setting to block every email that is not in contact list? Even with all these filters, I'm still getting trash emails in the inbox. Be nice if emails coming in that weren't in contact list were deleted immediately. Yahoo is doing a ****** job preventing spammers and scammers from mass mailing yahoo users. This needs to be taken care of now!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    A one-click command that will immediately block offensive or annoying SPAM emails by simply selecting the email tick box without needing to open it to view any details of domain name or sender. This would massively help with email security, protection and privacy. The existing way of blocking emails is far too complicated and hidden under 'more settings' whereas it should be easily accessible and obvious

  • optionalegg .. commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am getting a LOT of garbage emails (sex offers, ***** enlargement, etc.) with no return address in the message but it is shown in the raw message. These emails cannot be blocked. That menu item does not show up for them. Please fix this, asap. It is very annoying and undesirable. Yahoo can do a better job of just blocking this garbage in the first place. I never see this garbage in my gmail accounts.

  • Sharon Tvorik commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have listed a few domains to be blocked on yahoo settings and am still getting horrible spam emails with the domains that have explicit language in the titles. Why are these domains unable to be blocked?

  • Sharon Tvorik commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why are certain domains unable to be blocked? I am getting horrible emails in my spam folder that have titles with explicit language soliciting sex. I DO NOT OPEN THESE EMAILS. I look at the raw message to get the "from" email and then manually type it in to block it.

    I have listed their domains for blocking, but still receive emails from these domains. I HAVE NEVER subscribed or authorized anything to get these graphic emails. The email addresses have co.uk at the end. THEY HAVE GOTTEN SO BRAZEN. Can anything be done to block these domains?

  • R T commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please allow the user to manage times for automatic spam deletion. 30 days is too long, I would like to set my spam folder automatic deletion to 1 day or even immediate but cannot do it and have to do it manually every couple of days. I remember there used to be such settings before and it was comfortable but is removed now.

  • tejas mhatre commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please let us know that you are sending messages to yahoo user that you are going to terminate the account of your yahoo mail users. Please confirm it and let us know.

    "Dear Valued

    Your Mail version is outdated,
    Failure to Upgrade to the newest Yahoo Mail 7.1 now will result to a permanent account closure.
    According to provision 17.9 of Terms and Conditions,
    Yahoo may at anytime terminate its services for accounts.
    To upgrade follow the link below and accept our new terms and conditions."

  • Nick Levinson commented  ·   ·  Report

    To reduce spam, please make accidentally opening one less likely.

    When I try to checkmark the checkbox to the left of an email in my inbox that I think is probably spam, often it does not produce a checkmark, but instead has a delayed reaction and then the email opens. I didn't want to open it. When I do open it, maybe it sends a beacon to the spammer saying that I opened it, and then they likely send more, which is bad for both you and me.

    I suspect this happens with only certain spammer/s. The email I get that has this problem is some of what comes from one sender. You don't want me to enter an email address here, but if you can look in my account, in the folders named "prob spam . . .", you'll see emails from the domain publicitateooh dot ro (the ccTLD is for Romania). It's possible that the domain owner doesn't know about the account and that someone cracked their security.

    I use a laptop with the Firefox browser on Linux, kept evergreen. I cold-reboot (power down and up) daily most days and the problem is months old. I don't have a known firewall or antivirus program on the localhost or between the localhost and the Internet. The browser has no nondefault plugins and is set to clear its cache and delete all cookies every time it quits or starts. I have JavaScript turned on. I'm aware of the risk when I'm about to checkmark the checkbox, so I'm careful with aiming the cursor tip properly. Checkboxes with other emails work fine. Checkboxes at other websites work fine. I searched your past feedback for "checkbox" (without quote marks). I can probably send you the raw message of an erroneously-opened email if you ask soon, before I delete it from a "prob spam" folder.

    So I wonder if a spam email can include programming code that can change the effect of a checkbox being clicked. If so, I wonder if that programming by a spammer can be disabled before it gets into our inbox.

    All that should happen if I click in the checkbox is that a checkbox should toggle between clear and filled.

    Thank you.

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