Ways to automatically trash some spam that contain certain words

Jarmaracark wrote:

Many of the spam email that I get are pretty easy to identify. I would like some way to automatically send some of them to trash based upon a word in the subject line or the spoofed name that appears.

1) I want to create a rule:

If any of these words appear in the subject line, send the message to trash.

If any of the following words appears in the spoofed name, send the message to trash.

I will continually edit the list. I know enough to protect myself by reviewing URLs and checking the real sender. But I have to search through as many as 300 spams looking for the few legit emails that got put in there. I just want to shorten the list.

2) Oh, I assume that blocking the sender won't do much good as they always use a new email, right?

I realize I'm probably the only person with too much spam. ;) It would be great if this could all be done by AI.

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I have used Spamsieve for over a decade without issue.

If Junk mail is not working for you as expected you can turn it off in Mail>Settings.

You have the option of installing a third party spam filter. ex.

https://c-command.com/spamsieve/

there are others of course:

https://www.spamhero.com/

Each email service is different when it comes to how to block spam.

What I have found that works, near 95-98% of the time, is basically the following:

• Create a "spam" email account on one of the major email providers, like Google or Microsoft.
• Create and add/modify spam rules over time as needed. Between these and the "automatic" spam filtering the email provider offers, these will catch the bulk of the spam.
• Have the service configured to forward all messages (not filtered out as spam) to your "main" email account.
• IMPORTANT! Provide the Google or Microsoft email address, instead of your "main" email address, to others (businesses, social media, casual acquaintances, etc.) Only provide your "main" address to a select few. The less the better.
• Use the Spam filtering provided by your email client, OR, better still, use a third-party app, like SpamSieve, as I mentioned earlier.

Outside of the suggestions already posted ( excellent ones ).

Two things come to mind

1 - Log into the Web Portal of your E-mail Server.

Some Email Servers may have the ability to Block Sender based upon e-mail address and based upon domain name .

If so, you can Block the Sender a Server Side. Then it will never reach your Inbox at all

2 - To receive that quality of Spam is possible but it does raise the question " How exposed is your e-mail address ? "

Have verified several time both my own e-mail address and those of my Family

Was taken aback by the results including a Data Breach from a reputable Software Developer as well as from my ISP ( yes Internet Service Provider )

The lessen being, once your e-mail address is exposed to a Spammer and the sort, one Spammer may Sell the List to another Spammer who in turn may Sell the list to another.

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Below is from my wife e-mail provider

I would second leroydouglas' excellent comments. I also would recommend using SpamSieve as well.