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Blocking SPAM

For a short time - a couple of weeks? - there was a feature on AOL that allowed block and delete SPAM emails with one click. This was the BEST feature ever, and I LOVED it. At last! AOL was doing it right. I was able to click all the bunch of emails - and could send back to regular mail anything that made it to the SPAM folder that was legitimate - and the with one click delete and block all the other senders. I could even see the senders names just to double check. This was the MOSt EFFICIENT, WONDERFUL feature and ended my years long frustration with AOL. Now that feature has suddenly disappeared. It is totally unrealistic to return back to the cumbersome way of blocking spam mail. WHY OH WHY did AOL revert to the old awful way!

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CAROLYN MOYE shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
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Hi, we'd like to hear more about this issue. Could you please contact us at help.aol.com so we can look into it? We're also available on X (former Twitter) @AOLSupportHelp.

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  • PAUL DYKE commented  ·   ·  Report

    In the last several days, I have been receiving obviously spam emails from a variety of school districts: rpsb.us, Dcsdk12.org, lvusd.org, boiseschools.org with different usernames attached, and am wondering if there a social media post going viral showing kids how to create spam or a new ploy of spoofing legitimate addresses or possibly an organization hacking into school district servers. There have been about 30 emails in the past week, and the number and addresses keep increasing. I would hate to have to block, for example, all .org mails because of my legitimate organizations and charities. Please advise.

  • SUSRACH HM commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sick and tired of having to delete 30 spam emails a day. Why the **** can't you prevent this. All other mail platforms have been able to block spam.

  • PETER KIRK commented  ·   ·  Report

    AOL's email spam filters have lost significant functionality from the last update or two. We need the ability to filter with wildcards in the domain names, in order to label spam / block permanently block certain senders. For example, 80% of my spam emails are from a scammer that has *.offers[offer/offert].com. Currently I cannot search for or label these emails as spam. The problem is that AOL offers no ability to block "two part" domain names (ex: *.***.com). That is a huge problem, as I likely get 40-60 spam emails a day from one spammer.

  • GARY SWEIGART commented  ·   ·  Report

    So I noticed this morning that we are unable to BLOCK emails as spam. Is there any real reason for this new feature?

  • JENN CISEK commented  ·   ·  Report

    it's not an improve, but WHY am i getting emails without an email address? i know most are spam, but how are they getting thru and how do i block "no name" emails?

  • SUSRACH HM commented  ·   ·  Report

    SPAM, SPAM, and more SPAM Fix it -pathetic

  • John Street commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why am I suddenly getting a lot of obvious spam??? No spam filters at AOL?

  • ELLEN HANSEN commented  ·   ·  Report

    For 4 blissful days I had no spam. Prior to that I was receiving up to 30 a day. Today I have 10. Please do whatever you were doing and get rid of the **** spam. Thank you.

  • Maddalena Nappi Reidy commented  ·   ·  Report

    THIS IS SPAM MAIL I RECEIVED AND WHICH I IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO network-abuse@google.com AND ALSO SENT TO THE FTC.

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GDS-9849-IKHOfficial Suspension Notice
    Yahoo
    /
    Spam
    Social Services Department - Social Security 0147

    From:
    danielmason3791@gmail.com
    To:
    (NOTE: EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED BY ME)

    Mon, Feb 5 at 9:44 AM

    Your bank accounts were utilised to launder money. The Texas Court has issued an order suspending your Social Security number based on the information presented.

    Attached is an Official Notice from Social Security under the direction of the Texas Attorney General.

    Notice contains sensitive data that must be read in private.

    In the states of New Mexico and Texas, your Social Security Number has been exploited to conduct criminal activities.

    The FTC has uncovered a number of foreign wire remittances to account numbers on a blacklist.

    Your SSN and identity has been found in close connections with Drug Trafficking.
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    I DID A SEARCH FOR IP 209.85.128.45 AND IT SHOWS A LOCATION OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM AND network-abuse@google.com, WHICH I USED TO REPORT THIS SPAM MAIL.

    THIS SPAMMER CAN CAUSE GREAT HARM AS INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING THIS SPAM EMAIL MAY DISCLOSE VERY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. AS AN ELDER, THIS IS VERY UPSETTING AND HAS UNNERVED ME.

    THANK YOU!!

  • DAVID THOMAS commented  ·   ·  Report

    I LIVE IN ENGLAND. I AM 84. Please BLOCK SPAM from being delivered. If not make sure SPAM is on MENU so I can block the ****.

  • Don Linke commented  ·   ·  Report

    Add sorting by sender to folders such as spam.

  • jeevan suvarna commented  ·   ·  Report

    How can we block unwanted emails.You betterr have a SPAM list on

  • CA Pa commented  ·   ·  Report

    Look at the past setup. Don't waste my time having to weed out junk, as well as filling the spam folder. This new group who took over AOL don't know what they are doing.

  • Maddalena Nappi Reidy commented  ·   ·  Report

    SAME EMAIL SENT 2X FROM 2 DIFFERENT IP NUMBERS

    📂Records Administration📂 <
    From:📂Records Administration📂 <

    [username], (2) New Negative Records Added in the last 48H
    Yahoo/Spam

    📂Records Administration📂 <
    From:📂Records Administration📂 <

    [username], (2) New Negative Records Added in the last 48H
    Yahoo/Spam
    IP 67.229.108.78 SHOWN AS KRYPT TECHNOLOGIES, LA, CA
    10.215.134.36 PRIVATE ADDRESS RFC 1918 IANA

    IP 67.229.103.69 SHOWN AS ORANGE, CA
    10.214.153.112 PRIVATE ADDRESS RFC 1918 IANA

  • Maddalena Nappi Reidy commented  ·   ·  Report

    Same address - Dr - same email - sent same day - with different IP, etc. information

    Dr
    From:Dr
    Re: Your Device is Ready‼️ Yahoo/Spam
    IP 67.229.103.49 SHOWN AS LA, CA 90017 KRYPT TECHNOLOGIES
    10.194.203.49 IANA PRIVATE NETWORK-(RECVD 4:05 AM- 11 10 23)

    Dr
    From:Dr
    Re: Your Device is Ready‼️ Yahoo/Spam
    IP 89.163.213.238 - SHOWN AS NORTH RHINE, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY
    10.215.138.9 BOGON IP ADDRESS-(RECVD 4:29 AM - 11 10 23)

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