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There is another related post titled "junk mail filter and rules not working.

There seems to be a new, widespread reported spam epidemic that is making it hard for filters to defend. The titles include, but are not limited to, "kohl's", "Mcafee", "norton", "Ace Hardware" "Makita Power Drill" "Walmart" "CVS". The messages are not from these corporate servers, but rather a spam/bot imposter.

I use 2 devices: iPhone (iOS) and Mac OS, the Mac Mail client on both devices, and both devices retrieve mail from my same sbcglobal.net (POP) account. My Mac OS Mail client seems to be learning and filtering the junk well, but my iPhone Mail client is not learning the junk at all.

I have gone upstream to my sbcglobal account (which is hosted by yahoo server), logged in with a web browser and taken steps for the mail server to learn the junk/spam at that level, such as blocking senders and marking hundreds of messages as spam. But my iPhone mail is still getting plastered daily with about 40-50 of these. Again, my desktop Mac mail client seems to be filtering pretty well. It's just the iPhone that's out of control. Both devices retrieve mail from the same server. Any help?

Mac 11.6.7 Big Sur

Mac OS Mail version 14.0

iPhone iOS 15.6

iPhone SE, iOS 15

Posted on Aug 17, 2022 6:18 PM

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Answer 1

Raicya

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Aug 18, 2022 6:37 AM in response to bobbcat

Nobody can stop spam bot, they become more aggressive themselves.

Since you have a macOS, use SpamSieve. It is a paid app for macOS.

Been using here for years and am satisfied, the macOS stops all that spam bot and the iPhone (and other devices) doesn't suffer from it.

It's just an idea.

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Raicya

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Aug 18, 2022 7:42 AM in response to bobbcat

are you saying if I use SpamSieve on my Mac, it will somehow reach over to my iPhone mail and stop the spam, even though I am not installing this app on the iPhone?

Yes, correct.

SpamSieve is an app only for macOS, there is no SpamSieve iOS version.

Since SpamSieve blocks everything from the MacOS, I don't even get spam on my Windows OS.

You can try the trial version, but I don't remember if it's 7 or 14 days, or maybe longer (?).

The manual, explanation and support are also good. You can also read the Manual first.

and both devices retrieve mail from my same sbcglobal.net (POP) account.

See -> https://c-command.com/spamsieve/help/iphone-spam-filtering

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bobbcat Author

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Aug 18, 2022 7:17 AM in response to Raicya

Thanks for your reply. To be clear: Even though my Mac OS mail is not having an issue with spam filtering, are you saying if I use SpamSieve on my Mac, it will somehow reach over to my iPhone mail and stop the spam, even though I am not installing this app on the iPhone? Thanks for the tip.

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