Comcast email spam is out of control again

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MelodyBWilliams
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Comcast email spam is out of control again

Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:45 am

I complained about spam before and it seems like Comcast did something technical that helped reduce it. But now the spam is back in full force today I had to mark over 200 emails as spam/phishing.

Anyone else experiencing the same

Please help me thank you very much
Edit by blocky blast 10 day ago
gingbat
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Re: Comcast email spam is out of control again

Tue Jun 03, 2025 8:43 am

Yes, that is annoying alright, although no way to stop them from coming, (only server side filtering via your ISP can do this) you can setup MW to auto delete a lot of your spam.


To auto delete senders you have already added to your blacklist for example, click Settings>>Spam Tools>>Blacklist>>Options, tick, "Auto delete blacklisted emails".

You can also set your filters, (Settings>>Spam Tools>>Filters>>click a filter>>Edit) to auto delete by selecting this option under the Actions tab there...

OR.... to set MW to auto delete ANY email that comes in over a specific spam rating, click Settings>>Spam Tools>>Spam Ratings, and tick, "Auto delete if rating reaches:"

Note however, I recommend you read this first before enabling the last option:

http://forum.firetrust.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=7214
MelodyBWilliams
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Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:42 am

Re: Comcast email spam is out of control again

Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:48 pm

gingbat wrote:
Tue Jun 03, 2025 8:43 am
Yes, that is annoying alright, although no way to stop them from coming, (only server side filtering via your ISP can do this) you can setup MW to auto delete a lot of your spam.


To auto delete senders you have already added to your blacklist for example, click Settings>>Spam Tools>>Blacklist>>Options, tick, "Auto delete blacklisted emails".

You can also set your filters, (Settings>>Spam Tools>>Filters>>click a filter>>Edit) to auto delete by selecting this option under the Actions tab there...

OR.... to set MW to auto delete ANY email that comes in over a specific spam rating, click Settings>>Spam Tools>>Spam Ratings, and tick, "Auto delete if rating reaches:"

Note however, I recommend you read this first before enabling the last option:

http://forum.firetrust.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=7214
Thanks you,

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