topic Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question in Electronics

Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

AngelPuppy1 — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 11:14:47 GMT

I have a dumb question. I get a lot of e-mails from companies which I have dealt with or have shown interest in and I don't mind them at all. In fact, I enjoy them, or at least most of them. I have noticed that a lot of the companies that I recognize are no longer appearing in my Promotions section of my e-mail, but are now in the Spam section. So, I guess I really have 2 questions. First, are these e-mails for companies going into the Spam section because I have not opened them in a while? And my second question is - since they are now appearing in the Spam section, is it safe to open them if I recognize the name of the company? I was always told that if something appeared in the Spam section, definitely do NOT open it! Thanks for your help!

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

Kmac444 — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 15:01:28 GMT

I never click on anything in an email. I go directly to the website. No use taking a chance!

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

Krimpette — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 15:13:12 GMT

I always check my spam folder. If there is something there from someone I recognize, I mark it as "not spam" and move it to my inbox.

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

geezerette — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 15:46:05 GMT

I get emails from one of my contacts that always go to the Spam folder. Not a company, an individual.

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

gizmogal — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 15:55:40 GMT

You can open email from any folder. Viewing email on your screen by opening it, even from the Spam folder, does not release or activate any dangers.

But if you click on links, photos, attachments, or invitations to learn more/see more/perform a function within the body of the email, you are at much higher risk to infect your computer or give access to it to malicious agents.

Do not activate anything in an email you know to be spam or from an unfamiliar sender. Sit on your hands, read the content if you want to, and then delete the message.

Think of it as poison: you can read the label on the container quite safely. But handling it or ingesting it is the danger.

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

hckynutjohn — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 20:21:28 GMT

@AngelPuppy1

I have opened many in my spam folder without a problem. Now if it has a link on it? No way I would open it.

hckynut 🇺🇸

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 10:20:04 GMT

Thank you for all your replies! Most of the ones I get in Spam are from well known companies that I have dealt with and that used to appear in my Promotions category. I just assumed that since I had not dealt with any of these companies or opened these e-mails in a long time that they just defaulted to Spam. So, thanks again!

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

Spurt — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 20:06:26 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:
Thank you for all your replies! Most of the ones I get in Spam are from well known companies that I have dealt with and that used to appear in my Promotions category. I just assumed that since I had not dealt with any of these companies or opened these e-mails in a long time that they just defaulted to Spam. So, thanks again!

@AngelPuppy1

I dont know if this was mentioned but be careful even if they APPEAR to be from a company you've done business with.....they might be a spoof email thats not from the real company and is fraudulent and a scam. Use your mouse and put your curser over the "from" to view the email address to see where the email came from BUT do NOT click that email address, if its not the same one shown on the actual company website its a scam. (on the company website check "contact us" to find their legit email address).

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:13:43 GMT

@Spurt

I'm just not going to open them at all. I don't feel comfortable with it. If it's a company I know and want to look into, I will just go on to the main site and start all over again! Thanks!

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

depglass — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:05:48 GMT

What I am getting are daily emails that congratulate me for winning something from companies I deal with, like Home Depot, etc. The first one was right after I bought a book through Ebay and they said I'd won a string trimmer or some such thing I could really use. Since it was right after the Ebay transaction I let my guard down. Well, of course it was bogus and now I ignore all those fabulous prizes awarded to me daily.

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 10:25:01 GMT

@depglass

(or anyone else knowledgeable about these things)

I have another questiohn regarding mail that appears in your Spam file. I recently gave someone my e-mail address and did not hear back from them for a bit. Usually, I don't even check my Spam file -- I just delete the whole lot. For some reason, one of them kind of jumped out at me and before I could really think, I dumped it, along with the whole lot. I think this might have been legit and from this person, but not sure. I was not able to retrieve it. I had not heard from this person in a long while and was trying to re-connect so it's not like I can just call or whatever and say --- hey, did you e-mail me?! For future reference, how can you tell if an e-mail you get in Spam is legit? And when an e-mail comes in from someone new for the first time that the system does not recognize, does it automatically put it in Spam? Thanks!

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

occasionalrain — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:26:51 GMT

@depglass

I've been getting those too. Some from companies like Costco and Sam's Club to which I have never belonged. I send them to spam. I've sent so many emails to spam that it's reached it's limit. I don't know what to do about it, since clearing it will just release an avalanche on my inbox. So, I just keep sending emails there and hope the new ones replace the old.

Re: Spam in E-Mails -- Dumb Question

shoesnbags — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 20:26:39 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:
@depglass
(or anyone else knowledgeable about these things)

I have another questiohn regarding mail that appears in your Spam file. I recently gave someone my e-mail address and did not hear back from them for a bit. Usually, I don't even check my Spam file -- I just delete the whole lot. For some reason, one of them kind of jumped out at me and before I could really think, I dumped it, along with the whole lot. I think this might have been legit and from this person, but not sure. I was not able to retrieve it. I had not heard from this person in a long while and was trying to re-connect so it's not like I can just call or whatever and say --- hey, did you e-mail me?! For future reference, how can you tell if an e-mail you get in Spam is legit? And when an e-mail comes in from someone new for the first time that the system does not recognize, does it automatically put it in Spam? Thanks!

No. If that were the case, a lot of perfectly good emails would end up in the Spam folder.