Spam on Apple ?
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Spam on Apple ?
My NZ ISP - some collaboration with Yahoo ! - seems to be more or less on top pf the more obvious Spam, a few do get delivered but usually to the Spam folder anyway, and any that get through to my laptop I put on the Norton blocked list, but ..... I also use an iPad Mini, which is set to receive the same ISP e-mail as the only e-mail "account" I have registered with it, and ..... although the account is using the same e-mail address as our desktop and my laptop, the iPad is flooded with 20 or 30 Spam e-mails daily.
Why can't Apple filter out the same Spam as my ISP, it is the same ISP that the iPad is interrogating to receive the e-mail it receives.
'tis a puzzlement, ( and bl**dy annoying ) said Alice.
Why can't Apple filter out the same Spam as my ISP, it is the same ISP that the iPad is interrogating to receive the e-mail it receives.
'tis a puzzlement, ( and bl**dy annoying ) said Alice.
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The SPAM is getting past your ISP and is being filtered differently on your desktop/laptop/iPad.
On your iPad, make sure you mark the SPAM as SPAM before deleting it.(With the message open touch the flag icon at the top and select move to Junk) The iPad can learn, but you need to teach it. Can be tedious at first but it should improve quite quickly.
Edited to add: Apple actually has quite good SPAM filters with their own @icloud.com email addresses. One workaround would be to get an @icloud address and have all you yahoo emails forwarded to it. Then you'll have both yahoo and apple filtering your mail. A quick google suggests yahoo isn't that good at filtering SPAM (my impression only, I don't know one way or another). I use an apple address and I get only a couple of Spam messages a month.
On your iPad, make sure you mark the SPAM as SPAM before deleting it.(With the message open touch the flag icon at the top and select move to Junk) The iPad can learn, but you need to teach it. Can be tedious at first but it should improve quite quickly.
Edited to add: Apple actually has quite good SPAM filters with their own @icloud.com email addresses. One workaround would be to get an @icloud address and have all you yahoo emails forwarded to it. Then you'll have both yahoo and apple filtering your mail. A quick google suggests yahoo isn't that good at filtering SPAM (my impression only, I don't know one way or another). I use an apple address and I get only a couple of Spam messages a month.
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Suggest you use server-side rather than client-side filtering.
A mail client that talks to the server when you mark something as junk is a huge help too (Exchange & Outlook for example)
A mail client that talks to the server when you mark something as junk is a huge help too (Exchange & Outlook for example)
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iOS 9 and up allows 3rd party ad blockers in the Safari settings. I use Ad Block Plus. Plus there is a browser from the same group that can be used instead of Safari.
It does not filter mail but it may prevent access when clicking on an ad link in an email.
It does not filter mail but it may prevent access when clicking on an ad link in an email.
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Suggest you use server-side rather than client-side filtering.
There is no excuse. Just proves any dope can set up a mail server inside an ISP and pass the buck onto the end-user.
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Cattletruck,
I believe the problem was with iOS on an iPad. I don't believe any of the tools mentioned run in that environment.
In my case I have two iPhones, two Macs and one iPad accessing the same mail accounts from Apple. I get very little SPAM, and almost never on one device only.
I believe the problem was with iOS on an iPad. I don't believe any of the tools mentioned run in that environment.
In my case I have two iPhones, two Macs and one iPad accessing the same mail accounts from Apple. I get very little SPAM, and almost never on one device only.
