I've just started getting a deluge of spam from .mac addresses.

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I've just started getting a deluge of spam from .mac addresses.

All emails have the same body - some type of job opportunity. This has never happened before. Making it worse, though they are able to be herded into the Junk folder, the option to delete Junk Mail is not available. Curiously, this happened right after IMAP rejected by Mail password, and I had to log into and out of iCloud to fix the password issue.

Any ideas/fixes?

Thanks in advance,

buymywings

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Posted on Sep 7, 2013 8:53 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 7, 2013 3:30 PM in response to buymywings

I also have this problem and now seem to be included as a sender despite not replying to any email. I have had about 30 today. I have set up a rule that deletes them from my inbox but they still appear on my iPad and iPhone.

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Old Toad

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Sep 8, 2013 11:21 AM in response to Linda2112

Also report them to Apple as described in this Apple document: iCloud: Why was I spammed?

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buymywings Author

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Sep 8, 2013 11:38 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks Old Toad.

I just sent the offending spam to abuse@mac.com and spam@icloud.com as attachments. Hopefully some deligence on my part will rectify this over time.

I thought I'd wake up this morning to find dozens of emails, but none. Then three just popped up around 11:30AM. I guess the culprit decided to go to Sunday services, or sleep in! 😝

And I found the setting that I tinkered with that eliminated the erase junk mail folder. All is good there now.

bmw

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Old Toad

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Sep 8, 2013 11:41 AM in response to buymywings

Sending the spam to Apple doesn't always stop the spam. That's because the senders change the from frequently to avoid getting filtered out. Creating a rule like you did and adding to it as different spams come along is the best we can do.

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