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Stop Spam
Even if you're good about unsubscribing (or not signing up at all), you might need to report a particular account for one reason or another. Here's how to report spam to the most common email providers:
- For iCloud, open the message in Mail.app and choose Message > Forward as Attachment, and send it to [email protected] which will get reviewed and if necessary, the account will get suspended.
- Microsoft provides a number of email services, including Outlook.com, Live.com, hotmail.com, and msn.com. To report spam to Microsoft, forward the offending message to report_spam@ the appropriate domain.
- Reporting to Comcast is similar to the above providers, forward the message to [email protected]. Reporting to Time Warner is similar, using [email protected] instead.
- Reporting spam to Yahoo! Requires filling out a form over at the Yahoo! Help site.
- To report a Gmail account sending spam, you can report it on Google's reporting page.
- On the text message front, any spammy text should be forwarded to 7726 (SPAM), which works on all carriers.
While these steps won't eliminate spam entirely, taking a moment to report offenders to the most common email providers can help keep the numbers down.
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