Do You Report Spam Email?

United States
April 24, 2007 4:04pm CST
Well when I recieve spam of any kind, I automatically mark it as spam a report it, because it helps Microsoft to detect the more current spammers, and to continue to build up a list to protect you from. With yahoo mail I think you can delete spam, but I'm not sure if you can report it. So when you get spam messages do you just delete them, or do you also report them?
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10 responses
@maucute (979)
• Philippines
29 Apr 07
Spam Email - This is just a flow of the spam mail..
I usually do because I'm expecting important mails and all I can see are those spam mails which really doesn't require my attention. They are just flooding my mails instead of keeping my mails organized, that's why I do that..
@johndeese (189)
• United States
29 Apr 07
I dont have that type of problems I use firewall, Phising and several other encryption encoding programs to keep my system secured due to the high volume of traffic with patrons I deal with on a daily bases. This protect them and me. So Its very difficult to get spam Into my mail box let alone on my system.
@gberlin (3836)
25 Apr 07
I just delete them. It doesn't bother me. It is like getting junk mail in my snail mail box.
• Canada
25 Apr 07
no ...sometimes
@callarse1 (4783)
• United States
25 Apr 07
Yes, I report it as well. If it is a money wire transfer scam I also forward the header along with the email to the appropriate email, it is usually report_spam@hotmail.com (for hotmail) and abuse@yahoo.com (for yahoo). Generally you can use abuse@emailprovider.com for almost any email provider and they will take appropriate action. I do that because then people cannot try to be scammed since the accounts will get deleted :). Have a nice day. Pablo
@rout_me (46)
• India
25 Apr 07
i prefer to report spam mail for the same reason as u do.
@meme0907 (3481)
• United States
25 Apr 07
Hey CR619 Yeah, I just delete 'em & block sender spam doesn't bother me +++
• United States
24 Apr 07
I think most e-mail clients that one can go through have a way to flag/report spam. I always report spam or stuff that I just don't want to be getting in my e-mail inbox. It surely keeps my e-mail box a lot neater and saves me a lot of time wading through the neverending pages of it that I sometimes get.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
25 Apr 07
Yes gmail enables me to report all spam so I do and then delete them all.
@ashkar (99)
25 Apr 07
Me too I often do that as well since then any more emails from that person goes to the spam folder.. Its there in gmail as well. Just select all the unread mail report as spam and delete..