Windows 10: How can I prevent spam from my own email address which I obviously cannot just block?

Hi, does anyone know of a way to prevent spam from my own email address which I obviously cannot just block? I have checked my account and it says it is still secure and there is no need to change password etc but I would still like to prevent this from happening. Any suggestions ?



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Spam Emails for pop3

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

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  Which email address is configured in the Mail app?
  

If you have Outlook.com configured then you may refer to the suggestions provided by “Dhenz S” from this thread to check if that helps.

How to block spam emails in Outlook.com?

You need to look at the “View installed Updates” screen to see the list of recently installed updates.

Follow these steps to view installed updates:

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  Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Programs and Features”.
  
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  Click on “View Installed Updates”.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Lots Of Daily Spam Emails


Once you're on the list, the only thing you can do to stop it is change your email address.

I have an old Hotmail email that I use very rarely, and never give out anymore. I've had this account for close to 20 years, and it *STILL* gets a ton of spam. Many years ago I used to sign up for stuff using various fake names so I could try to track where spam was coming from, and I *STILL* get spam with those names 10+ years later.

No, you can't just block the IP addresses. The IP's change regularly, and often these are hijacked servers that are used for a few days or weeks then they move on to the next hijacked server so that people can't block them.

Trust me.. 30 spam messages is not very many, I get over 2500 per day, and that's the stuff that makes it through the front-end filters. There have been particularly bad periods where I've received of 25,000 per day. Only changing your email and never giving it out to any mailing list, service, website, etc.. will protect you from spam, and even then random emails can still be sent if your email address is common enough.

Honestly, I wouldn't be that worried about those "hidden" messages, since 99.9% of spammers just don't care if an email address is good or not.. They don't even bother to remove duplicates.

 

Dealing with Spam

I suggest you change to Gmail with step two verification.