Spam on iPhone

IanH replied on 09/07/2016 13:32

IanH

Posted on 09/07/2016 13:32

Like many, I have emails copied to my phone, so that I can see them when on holiday, when out and about or to save turning the pc on.

But I get a massive amount of spam delivered to the phone.

On the pc, it filters out most of the spam and I can mark as 'junk' any that it misses, so the amount that arrive on the pc is minimal.

What a shame that the iPhone cannot do the same, given Apple's reputation for dealing with viruses etc is so much better than Microsoft.

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bandgirl replied on 09/07/2016 23:35

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bandgirl

Caravanner

Posted on 09/07/2016 23:35

We have BT Infinity at home, and btinternet emails. The spam is filtered out on the desktop pc, but my iPhone and iPad sometimes gets inundated with spam. It makes no difference whether I'm at home, or on a public WiFi. Moving it all into a spam folder keeps some out of my inbox. I'm always a bit wary of using the "unsubscribe" buttons in case they think "we got a response, keep on sending more". This theory may be completely wrong. Can someone enlighten me?

cyberyacht replied on 10/07/2016 07:36

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cyberyacht

Motorhomer

Posted on 10/07/2016 07:36

I'm wondering if there is currently a problem with EE/TalkTalk/Lineone mail servers. I tried sending an EMail to a friend twice last night and it was blocked and bounced back as "spam".

IanH replied on 10/07/2016 13:42

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IanH

Posted on 10/07/2016 13:42

We have BT Infinity at home, and btinternet emails. The spam is filtered out on the desktop pc, but my iPhone and iPad sometimes gets inundated with spam. It makes no difference whether I'm at home, or on a public WiFi. Moving it all into a spam folder keeps some out of my inbox. I'm always a bit wary of using the "unsubscribe" buttons in case they think "we got a response, keep on sending more". This theory may be completely wrong. Can someone enlighten me?

I did try 'unsubscribing' but if anything, it got worse.

Just to be clear.....my iCloud account receives no spam. It is just spam emails that are copied from our TalkTalk account.

On the phone you can chose which account you want to view -i-Cloud or TalkTalkin my case. For some reason, it copies across everything to the TalkTalk account, even the spam that TalkTalk moves automatically into 'Junk' on the pc.

I've searched many forums and never found a solution.....just thought the good folks on here might know of one.

Tinwheeler replied on 10/07/2016 14:28

Tinwheeler

Campervanner

Posted on 10/07/2016 14:28

I don't know how often you need to view the Talk Talk mails on your iPhone, Ian, but if it's not often you could turn the account off in Settings/Mail, contacts, calendars and leave it inactive. If you do want to use it you can quickly make it active and then the mails will flood in. When you return to Inactive all the mails will vanish again. It saves clutter.