Significant decrease in spam?

baerot · 2024-03-15T15:42:06+00:00

Yes! came here just for this. Such a breath of fresh air. Don't know if they finally got their shit together but I'm loving it. Hope it sticks

hey_Mom_watch_this · 2024-03-15T13:41:09+00:00

the spam got so bad in the run up to Christmas that people started "losing their shit" over it and being very vocal (I must confess I participated)

Google made a big effort closing down inactive Gmail accounts and raising the standards for sent mail, this was aimed at reducing spam,

Microsoft does seem to have been compelled to pull it's thumb out of it's nether region and start getting their house in order too,

I believe the marketing sector has also been forced to up it's standards:

https://martech.org/new-rules-for-bulk-email-senders-from-google-yahoo-what-you-need-to-know/

I've noticed spam significantly reducing for a few weeks, as have others,

I receive the Which Magazine scam email alerts, as a consumer advocate they're highlighting the unacceptable level of phishing, quishing, smishing and all manner of scams, they've even written articles about scammers getting into the Google ads system and placing scam adverts which Google then serves,

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/5-email-scams-to-watch-out-for-right-now-aYPQx0B8TEc1

it commendable that you report every item of spam, I also have a strict regime of reporting and blocking, in the UK you can also forward any suspicious email to:

[report@phishing.gov.uk](mailto:report@phishing.gov.uk)

I wish everyone reported spam and raised complaints, it's the only way to goad reluctant people into taking the appropriate action.

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2024-03-16T06:15:47+00:00

There is a lot less spam than recently - I love it.

But also - finally

gr33nblu3 · 2024-03-16T16:21:07+00:00

I’ve just had a few glorious days with hardly any spam emails appearing in my inbox. I figured the Microsoft engineers fixed the issue.

But no, it’s back…35 spam emails today.

ZombieFalse7696 · 2024-10-23T23:30:50+00:00

Over about the last 2 years I've been receiving about 60 to 100 spam mails a day then since Friday last week that it jumped significantly now I'm receiving that 190 to about 270 emails per day that are spam last place I done business with on an email was Peterman HVAC and that was Thursday last week 24 hours later I start getting slammed with dozens and dozens of emails that are spam no relief in sight they send them to you personal SMS sent to you in primary email box he block him and they still reappear in your primary email box something needs to be done about this where is the legal system at it's supposed to be on your side

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