Dealing with Gmail Spam

If you find that spam emails are still getting through the built-in filters and being displayed with your other emails, you can do several things to improve detection and removal of these unwanted messages.

Do I Need to Worry About Spam Emails? That’s a good question with a potentially very long answer, but in short, yes, spam email is best avoided. Junk or spam emails are unsolicited/requested messages sent in bulk by email. Email spam has steadily grown since the early 1990s and by 2014 were estimated to make up around 90% of email messages sent. Most spam email messages are commercial in nature and albeit harmless, they are annoying. However, some can also be dangerous because they may contain links that lead to phishing web sites, or sites that are hosting malware, or include malware as file attachments. With this in mind, it is always best to approach spam with caution and following this guide will better equip you to avoid spam as…

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