I'm getting mail addressed to ...@suddenlinkmail.com I'd never heard of them before & its not me!

I have tried and tried to block this nasty spam that started arriving that isn't my address at all. Using the filter 'Rules' in settings on mail, I try to stop mail not addressed to me. But still it keeps coming. As the first few characters in the addresses changes each time I cannot put in the whole email address into the rules. I'm now getting truck loads of horrible spam but every rule I try has no effect! Before this, I'd never heard of this email client so don't know how it's happened. I don't find any viruses on my iMac computer and have Malwarebytes running too. Is anyone able to help me stop it? Thank you.

iMac 24″, macOS 13.3

Posted on Jun 9, 2023 5:21 AM

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023 5:39 AM

Don't use the entire email address when you create your Rules.

Instead, use the part that may be common to those messages... "@suddenlinkmail.com"

Of course, this risks filtering any legit email from that domain, so it's a compromise.


There is no other way to filter this junk. It's become a fact of life, unfortunately.

Some users swear by services such as Spam Sieve, though I've never used it.

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I'm getting mail addressed to ...@suddenlinkmail.com I'd never heard of them before & its not me!

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