I am continually getting spam from companies. However I am not able to send out a response to a friend of mine or people on my contact list with out having to use the coded message before I can send out mail. This is not fair and wasting my time. How can this be reversed! Stop the spammers and let people who are not spammers use the internet as it should be.
119140
I wasn't even aware they had that message before sending...how long has that been happening?
236105
i get them too! it's annoying! you try to filter the subject, and they change some letters around. Like "i" is "1" or "a" is "@". Crazy stuff! I done a pretty good job of delivering most of the spam mail into trash using filters. I just look for common words in each subject like free or complimentary.
47563
Yahoo doesn't have the man power to evaluate and act on every piece of bogus email; it's impossible. The best thing you can do is mark it as SPAM.
48439
Ack, not more spam!  \n\nDo not send any commercial or promotional emails to people who did not specifically and verifiably request it, no matter great your product is and how much you think they need to hear about it.\n\nWhat is spam and why should you care?  \nhttp://www.netmanners.com/spam_spam_spam.html
647064
Somehow he knows you!  It is no coincidence that two other ladies from your church are getting these also.  All I can say is to "spam" the emails as they come in as to not have to open them, they will go into the junk-mail and you just delete them.  Try to contact yahoo although I must say is an act of Congress!  Ive tried because i knew this lady that would send me crap daily and i didn't want to tell her to stop sending me her "crap" so i spamed her but it didn't word and I emailed Yahoo.  After months of begging Yahoo, it finally stopped.  You will have to be  persistent as they think they have better things to arbitrate.  But I think you have a good case here.  Thanks for the email address, if i ever see it, ill will be none the wiser.
257817
Well, unless you are mass mailing, you need to tell them to add you to their adress book, which should then not put your e-mails into spam.  If you are a spammer, than we are all happy your e-mail goes into Junk mail, and we rather it not even existed.
136141
just ignore the email, it probably some spammer testing email database before sending out mass emails.
26393
Sometimes there is a link in the mail from advertisers affording you the opportunity to opt out of them sending you emails.  As for individuals, I know that Yahoo has this feature where you can block emails or maybe you can report this mail as spam.
420075
Easy answer...don't open anything from folks not in your address book...and when they do come in....mark them as SPAM!....they will quit coming...\n\nThe more you open the more that will come.....the message is flagged to the bot that is sending them and if they are opened they signal the bot to send mor.\n\nBottom Line...QUIT OPENING CRAP FROM PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW!!
10899
If you are sending spam,you got a chance to get shutting down your account.Yes ,yahoo will boot millions like you if doing spaming.And don't forget yahoo is No.1
182048
select the email, and press on "report as spam" or "this is spam" or something like that (can't remember the exact sentence). Mail provider should block those mails when you report them as spam!
510840
Don't reply to the emails.  You should have the option to mark their emails as spam or junk.  I've had to change my email address before because of stuff like that.  One thing to remember, don't send mass emails and ask your friends to not include you in mass emails.  Mass emails spread your email address all over the place, and my experience has been that lots of spam come to me after I was part of someone mass email.
37487
That's the problem with spam, it is almost impossible to stop people from sending it.  You can block the individual sender, but spammers change address frequently, and that probably won't work very long.  You should report the message to Yahoo so they can take action if possible.
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Spam is any message or posting, regardless of its content, that is sent to multiple recipients who have not specifically requested the message. Spam can also be multiple postings of the same message to newsgroups or list servers that aren't related to the topic of the message. Other common terms for spam include unsolicited commercial email (UCE) and unsolicited bulk email (UBE). \n\nThe individuals who send spam are typically people who purchased or harvested a list of email addresses. They send messages from numerous different addresses to all areas of the Web. \n\nAll mail originating from an ISP has an originating IP address embedded in the full address headers. This address helps to identify the sender of the email and track the individual to his or her service provider. Individuals who use an ISP address in their spam are forging mail headers if the originating IP line is absent in the spam.\n\nThe best way to prevent spam is to be careful with your email address. Spammers often create mailing lists by using scanning programs to search postings to Internet bulletin boards and newsgroups. One way to prevent this is to add an "x element" to your user ID when posting a message to any bulletin board or newsgroup. For instance, instead of MemberID@yahoo.com, your email address could read MemberIDX@yahoo.com or MemberIDnospam@yahoo.com. Try to be as creative as possible with both the placement and use of special characters. That way, even if a crafty spammer uses a user ID-scanning program, you'll have a better chance to beat it. (Just remember to remove the "x element" if you answer a post with email.) \n\nAlso, don't give out your email address without knowing how it will be used. Read the terms of use and privacy statements of any site before telling them your address. If you can't find their privacy statement, don't tell them your address. \n\nIf you get spam, do NOT reply, even if the message offers to unsubscribe you. A reply simply tells the spammer your email address is active and you'll get even more junk email. Please reference the article below What should I do if I get spammed? for more information.\n\nReport spam abuse. When you forward us the email, please be sure to include the full header. Without it, we can't tell where the email came from. Every complaint that is sent to us by Yahoo! members will be investigated. However, if the email does not come from an Yahoo! member, we will forward it on to their provider so that they may take action. \n\n**************\nWhat should I do if I get spammed?\n\nFor starters, do not reply to a spam email, even if the message offers to unsubscribe you. Never respond to the spam email's instructions to reply with the word "remove." This is a ploy to get you to react to the email and will alert the sender that your email address is open and available to receive mail, which greatly increases its value. If you reply, your address may be placed on more lists, resulting in more spam. \n\nNever click on a URL or web site address listed within a spam email. This could alert the site to the validity of your email address, potentially resulting in more spam. \n\nNever sign up with sites that promise to remove your name from spam lists. Although some of these sites may be legitimate, more often than not, they are address collectors. The legitimate sites are ignored (or exploited) by the spammers, and the address collection sites are owned by spammers. In both cases, your address is recorded and valued more highly because you have just identified that your address is active. \n\nReport spam abuse. When you forward us the email, please be sure to include the full header. Without it, we can't tell where the email came from. Every complaint that is sent to us by Yahoo! members will be investigated. However, if the email does not come from an Yahoo! member, we will forward it on to their provider so that they may take action.
581113
The only solution to this is to delete all the contacts in the group and all the messages.. or to make a new group.. because the spam comes from the group itself... I was suffering from the same problem...
360208
Not just annoying.  These people make lots of money with their spam.  They can get as much as a nickle for each spam mail that someone opens.  When you consider they send thousands, or even millions of emails, those nickles add up each time someone opens one of their mails.  So don't open junk mail!  It only makes them send you more and more.  They also rent and sell your email address once they know it's valid.
252463
You need to put your recipients in the "BCC" or "Blind Carbon Copy" field. Be sure to put yourself in the "To" field or some email clients will block the email as spam because it doesn't have a "To" address.