iPad spam email since iOS 15 install

irayspot wrote:

I don't know how it made, but the mail are not even sent TO me it is sent to this akilzachary385, the from Label is different in the list and the message. I dont' even know how to do this! I did not Click the unsubscribe button, since I did not subscribe and it is not a legit mail.

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Yes, the email is addressed to akilzachary385, and BCC’d to you. Just delete the email or mark it as spam if your ISP has that as an option.. If you click “unsubscribe” they know that you received the message. If you ignore it they don’t know.

Yup, AT&T. It wasn’t just a few spam I got after I upgraded, either. It was 527, most in English but some in Spanish and Danish. None from China that I could tell. Anyway, I’m down to about 20 and working on getting rid of those. I’m not a novice. Been using email since the 90s.

I don’t care about all the wannabe Union Apple stock holders on here. Ever since we updated to this critical update I have been getting loads of spam that used to go directly to my “JUNK” Apple box??!!!

I have sbcglobal.net (AT&T via Yahoo) and have been overwhelmed with spam that is obviously so (misspellings, weird names). It happens on ALL my Apple devices (Mac, Macbook and iPhone 12). I'm using Apple Mail. I've checked the privacy settings to "Protect Mail Activity" on the iPhone. I have blocked every single one of these message senders (takes forever these days) and sent them all to Junk Mail (where it's suppposed to remember). NOTHING works. No one seems to be taking ownership of this problem. Will switching to gmail help?

The AT&T/Yahoo mail system has been breached multiple times. If you have had an account there for more than a year, it's been breached.

The spam filters on gmail are arguably better, but not perfect.

I keep multiple accounts. One for bills and banking, one for personal correspondence, one for corresponding with companies/organizations/people not within my immediate circle, one for registering on websites, and one for shopping.

I feel your pain, I have been using Apple since iPhone 3S and never had this problem until the day after I updated to 15?!!! Weird how some of these emails for this page; some go to junk and others inbox?! Don’t think all the developers know what is going on with glitch in 15?

How to Filter Spam Messages on iPhones. Apple

provides an inbuilt message anti-spam filter in

its Messages app. This filter can be activated by

going to Settings => Messages and activating the

"Filter Unknown Senders" slider.

Thanks but it’s been on the whole time to filter. My unknown senders messages do go into a different folder, but my spam email does not. In fact, I’m getting more and more spam again, various countries and some that appear to be US ,but who really knows…I’m gonna have to go back to Google mail and try to report spam. It’s a hassle because I use my iPhone for everything else.

Have found a similar discussion on another site suggesting that sbcglobal and Yahoo are failing in spam filtering. What a terrible position to be in - between AT&T (sbcglobal and Yahoo mail) and Apple support. No one seems to want to take ownership and all I'm getting is more and more spam email. Filters are on. Blocking each one takes forever and they continue to pour in.

As has already been stated, I believe, the Yahoo mail system, including AT&T emails and any other companies that use that system were breached repeatedly.

Dump them and move to an email provider that isn't so likely to be hacked several times a year.

Is it possible that something on Apple’s Privacy Protection in the Mail app was accidentally switched?

Maybe that is why I receive tons of junk e-mail in my Inbox daily.

Will Apple at least go back and check their Updates just to be sure we’re not going in circles on this with them and AT&T?

DITTO! Seems awfully coincidental and extremely frustrating. And before anyone tells me it's NOT the update, stop. I don't know if it is or isn't, it just seems there are ALOT of us. And YES I have done all the things to filter SPAM. Not my first rodeo with Apple for the last 27 years. I'll keep reading and see where things go.

I find it hilarious that people are saying it has nothing to do with the OS or the update, but I Apple mail and Apple is my Email provider. So the update would indeed have a relevant cause for my spam email issues. I use iCloud mail. My email is so old I have one of the original @me.com email addresses. I am about to switch to another email provider as after the iOS 15 update all my @icloud.com and @me.com emails are being spammed out of existence.

This is not solving the problem! Since install, I am inundated with obvious spam every hour, while legitimate emails are put in junk. Please look into this issue. I’ve also talked with friends experiencing the same issue. We’re fed up.