Getting to the bottom of your spam folder is not as scary as it sounds. (Photo: Getty) "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite ...

Spam auto-deletes in Gmail after 30 days — but it can be helpful to check the folder to make sure useful messages aren't slipping through the cracks.

Readers ask Tech+ about spam. Q: I use Hotmail (both free and subscription). My problem is that I am receiving between 15-20 sexually oriented junk emails each day. I have tried using some of the ...

The location for storing unwanted email as determined by a spam filter. Also called a "junk folder" or "junk mailbox," spam folders are created by mail servers as well as by the user's email program.

My mail is hosted by Google, IMAP style. Most of the time, I use Sparrow to deal with my mail, but every now and then I open up Mail.app. When I do, Mail.app starts to frantically catch up with Google ...

Tickets to an upcoming sporting event. A receipt from the Nike store for running shoes I bought last weekend. A local newsletter I open every day. Those emails and 82 others were among the legitimate ...

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