Block Spam needs to be reintroduced - but make it work AOL
AOL introduced an option to block incoming Spam, which came with their new email browser.
It didn't work, because my Spam emails increased from around 20 to over 150 per day. Most came from the same email addresses that AOL supposedly 'blocked'.
But now AOL has removed the 'block' option.
AOL - why not reintroduce a BLOCK SPAM filter, but this time install one that actually works?
Here's an article with more information on how to control your spam:https://help.aol.com/articles/aol-mail-spam-and-privacy
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MICHAEL MCGOVERN commented
Cut out all the SPAM, 300spam emails a day is way over my limit, you are so bad I'm leaving because you flood me out with 300+ spam emails a day. My yahoo account gets 1 to 2 a week. My comcast gets none. what the **** is wrong with AOL. Enough said I'm leaving, you flood me with 300+ a day GOODBYE.
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JOAN BARNHART commented
I have the option to block senders, but it always fails to add. why have the option if it doesn't work???
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ROGER DAVIS commented
A week ago, all was ok. Now spam is a HUGE problem !!!
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ROGER DAVIS commented
Put the spam settings back where they were a week ago, or give me a place to set them !
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alecsmartfotos commented
I posted that AOL need to reintroduce the Block Spam option (which they introduced then removed shortly afterwards).
AOL sent me a pointless note suggesting ways I can reduce spam, such as: "don't interact with spammers" (which everyone already knows, AOL, duh!) and turned off my ability to reply to their message.
Although AOL's Block Spam option didn't actually work (my spam trebled the moment I asked AOL to block it), it wouldn't take much for a dedicated IT department to modify it.
Tip: AOL - block the website that's sending the spam, not the email address, because the spammers modify their email accounts on a daily basis to bypass your ineffective blocks.
For example, if a spammer annoys people from the email address 1234@spammer.com, and you block it, the following day they'll configure an account called 5678@spammer.com, and so on, and keep pestering people day after day after day, because you've not blocked the webpage behind the spam (in this case spammer.com) but merely their temporary, ever-changing accounts.