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title: "How to protect from getting spam emails"  
description: "This article is about how to protect your mailbox from spam and keep it always clean and organized."  
author: "Julia Brown"  
published: 2019-03-15  
updated: 2019-03-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44267/how-to-protect-from-getting-spam-emails  
category: "internet"  
tags: ["internet", "management", "email marketing"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to protect from getting spam emails

Many of us receive a lot of spam emails on a daily basis. This could be promotional emails, marketing newsletters, [social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1843/impact-of-social-media-in-seo) notifications, junk, etc. It is very easy to get a messy mailbox unless you unsubscribe from junk emails and stop spam.

If you want to be more productive at work, you will definitely need to learn how to stop getting disturbing spam emails. Here are several tips that will help you with this task:\
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1. Set Up Spam Filters. It is very easy to set up spam filters in your email [service provider](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38213/with-a-user-base-of-more-than-335-million-globally-which-indian-telecom-service-provider-is-currently-world-s-3rd-largest-telecom-company). Just do it once and forget about getting junk.\
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2. Unsubscribe. According to the CAN-SPAM act, all [marketing emails](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156252/how-often-should-i-send-marketing-emails) are required to provide you with the option to unsubscribe. When you get a letter from a legitimate sender and you don't want to get anymore, the best option is to click the "unsubscribe link". However, if this message was sent by a professional spammer, clicking any links will only send them a signal that your [account is active](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115804/why-can-t-i-post-answers-even-though-my-account-is-active), and you will get even more spam emails after all. If you think that you got an email from a spammer, you better mark it as spam.\
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3. Use Alternative Email Addresses. Use several email addresses for various purposes. You can use one for communication with colleagues and the other one for shopping websites, for instance.\
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4. Use [Software Tools](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/33381/4-software-tools-to-manage-your-remote-employees-in-a-more-efficient-manner). There a lot of tools like Sanebox, Clean Email, Unsubscriber to protect from spam. If you don't want to unsubscribe from junk manually, this option is definitely for you.\
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