Unwanted e-mails.

[carrust]

Is there any way to prevent unwanted e-mails from advertisers cluttering up my inbox & junk folder? I stupidly signed up to one of those on-line market research companies:-(

[Old_Geezer]

There are spam filters out there. Try googling for them.
I know mailwasher is quite good.

[Old_Geezer]

Or they may allow you to pull out, if you are already getting theiir e-mails it probably won't hurt to see if they have an opt out link which they honour. Or, worst case, alternatively you could give up on your present account and open a new one.

[VHG]

Here is a reply I posted on answerbank a few days ago that may help

The world is awash with spam and there is little that can be done about it.

The best approach is to have 2 or 3 (or more) DIFFERENT emails for different uses.

1) Have one JUST for family and friends (or have ONE for family and another for friends). Never give it to anyone else, NEVER use it on the web. These should get little or no spam.

2) Have another for the web (signing up to web sites, forums etc). This may start to get spam, but as none of your friends or family know this email address you can quickly delete all the spam.

3) Have another JUST for internet banking (if you do interent banking).

I signed up for googlemail which was free and get very little spam.

I have 5 different email addresses for different things.

[carrust]

Thenk you OG & VHG. The mailwasher seems the easiest option to a Luddite like me:-)