Outlook's spam folder automatically filters potentially unwanted emails, which you can access later.

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.

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The average person receives an awful lot of spam and scams by phone, text, and email. Apple and ISPs offer anti-spam tools for email (with varying degrees of effectiveness), and cell carriers and ...

Search for the missing emails in the search box, check Spam and Trash folders, inspect filters and forwarding settings, and finally use the Gmail Message Recovery Tool to get the permanently deleted ...

No matter how much Google has bolstered security with RCS in Google Messages, spam messages remain a problem. The app is pretty good at catching those phishing attempts, but it’s still smart to check ...

While the spam filters for Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and other email providers are pretty good, sometimes they make mistakes and are a little overzealous in flagging emails as spam. Here’s how to make ...

Most of these are spam, but at least one definitely isn’t. Before I incur the wrath of non-Gmail users, let me just note that this tip also applies to Hotmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and so on. But ...

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 ...

Thought you could escape spam with smart email filters? Think again. A Georgia school district has learned the hard way that it doesn't pay to rely on those filters completely. A Cobb County School ...