Ask: How to Stop Spam [feedly]

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Ask: How to Stop Spam
// MacLife

Got an Apple, Mac, or iOS tech question? We have the answer. In this week's installment of Ask, we'll let you know how to put a stop to spam email.

Question: I receive hundreds of spam emails per day. Is there a way to easily add the sender to my "delete email from this sender" rule or otherwise make the spam easier to block using my Mac?

Answer: The built-in Mail spam filtering that is included with Apple Mail is good (and it has definitely gotten better over the years), but it's still not the best that's available. However, there's an easy-to-use plugin that is available for Mail that allows for better email spam filtering. 

The plugin is called SpamSieve, and it's available from the developer's website (http://c-command.com/spamsieve) for $30. It provides a blacklisting feature that allows you to block a sender's email address and catch all of the emails from them. Plus, SpamSieve includes a Bayesian spam filter that can learn from your emails and color your emails based on how spammy each message is by parsing the language in the email.

Blocking emails with SpamSieve is a piece of cake, and it ensures that 100 percent of the blacklisted email will not get through to you.

After installing SpamSieve, navigate to Filter > Show Blocklist (or press Command + 4). Here, you can blacklist the sender of a message by pressing the + button in the toolbar, then entering the email address of the sender. When using a smart spam filter like SpamSieve, it's a good idea to read the manual and train it on each of your messages until it begins to learn from your habits.

Ask is written by Cory Bohon, a freelance technology writer, indie Mac and iOS developer, and amateur photographer.

Got a tech question? Email ask@maclife.com.

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