We're committed to eliminating spam—eyuck! And you've got great tools to help keep spam out of your Inbox.

Yahoo!7 Yahoo! SpamGuard

Keep Yahoo!7 Yahoo! SpamGuard turned on. To check if it’s on:

• Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page.
• Click Spam Protection from the list on the left.
• In the “Spam Filter” section, do you see “SpamGuard is ON”? If not, turn it on by clicking the link: Turn SpamGuard ON.
• In the area above your spam options, click Save Changes.
• In this same section, you can also specify how often you’d like us to empty your Bulk folder (we do it automatically once a month, but you have options to empty it faster), as well as indicating your preference for showing—or blocking—images. Image blocking is another way to fend off spam!

Image Blocking

Keep Image Blocking on. Image blocking defeats the “hits” spammers receive whenever one of their images is “viewed”—which can include the moment you select a spam message before you click Spam. Here’s how to block images:

1. Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page.
2. Under Spam, click Spam Protection.
3. At the bottom of the page—“Step 1 of 3: Spam Filter”—click Continue.
4. At the bottom of the next page—“Step 2 of 3: Marking Messages as Spam or Not Spam”—click Continue.
5. On “Step 3 of 3: Image Blocking”, select “Block all images”.

The Spam button

If you get a spam message in your Inbox, check the box beside it, then click Spam. This alerts us to the latest tricks and techniques that spammers are using, and helps us clamp down tighter and fight spam more effectively.

If you change your mind or think you made a mistake, just look for the next message from that sender in your Bulk folder and click Not Spam to reverse your vote.