There are two basic ways to receive email. The first is to log onto a website operated by the email provider, such as Hotmail or Gmail. This is usually referred to as a WebMail system. The second way is to run a mail client program on your PC that communicates with your email service provider and transfers the email to and from that server. The most common examples are Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express.
Because there is so much unwanted email flying around nowadays (some people say it's as much as 90% of the total email) just about all email systems allow you to block certain types of email.
For instance, it's common for a mail service provider to filter out a lot of the Spam emails that would otherwise reach you. In fact, in many countries it's mandatory for the service provider to do this.
However, there's also a class of email that will pass a Spam test, yet is still unwanted. For instance, if you have a person who is harassing or bullying you. Most email systems will allow you to block these senders with a single click. In other words, any email that ism coming from this sender's email address is marked as unwanted and simply doesn't appear in you in-box. You may have a choice as to what to do with the mail.
- Simply delete it
- Place it in a "junk email" folder so you get a chance to look at it later if you need to
- Send a bounce message to the sender to say the mail was rejected.
How do you find out how to do this? You'll have to read the options presented to you in the email system, or use the Help system to search for keywords such as "Block".
But of course you should also be sensible about what you sign up for, and you should use the "unsubscribe" option whenever you find that you're on a list you don't want to be on. If you receive 100 emails a day and they're all unwanted, then you're a fool for downloading them, especially if you're paying for the amount of data you download.
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