SpamGuard is your account’s powerful spam filter. It sends spam straight to your Spam folder! Keep SpamGuard turned on. To check if it’s on:

• Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page.
• Click Spam from the list on the left.
• In the “SpamGuard” section, next to “Control SpamGuard”, do you see a check in the box beside “Automatically send suspected spam to my Spam folder”? If so, great! SpamGuard is ON. If not, turn it on by placing a check in that box.
• 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 Spam 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!