by Beverly Johnson

Created on: May 27, 2008

How to get rid of spam quick in your Gmail inbox.

Spam is inevitable. And, you can't always keep it out of your email inbox. Sometimes you go away on vacation or just forget to check your email box for a week and when you return, your inbox is congested with all kinds of unwanted ads. Fortunately there is an easy solution. I've found a very simple and ingenious way to deal with the nasty problem of SPAM.

This trick helps you easily find and erase hundreds of unwanted emails with just a few clicks of your mouse. No more endless hours spent wading through your email box looking for SPAM and other unwanted mail.

Here's a tip that I use every week to get my Gmail and Yahoo email inbox organized. I wanted to share it just in case it would help you as well.

1. Login to your email account.

2. Enter a specific search term into your email search box and all emails containing that word will come up.

For instance, if you wanted to get rid of all emails sent to me by Netflix, then you'd enter the word, Netflix, into the email search box.

If you wanted to get rid of all SPAM marketing type emails, then you'd enter a word or phrase like "get rich" (without quotes) or "make money or "buy now". These types of words are often used in SPAM type emails. A list of emails containing the phrase will appear. If you're plagued with unwanted SPAM emails, you may see hundreds or thousands of emails in your search list.

To quickly get rid of them, choose "Select All" and delete. You could also simply move the emails to a folder of their own.

You can even enter the email address of a particular person or sender and all email received from that person will appear. This is a super quick way to get rid of old email marketing newsletters to which you no longer subscribe.

This tip works for any type of email system, including Gmail and Yahoo as long as you can use the "search mail" function. I've even used this on my AOL email accounts, too. Best of luck. Let me know how it works out for you. And, please feel free to post a tip for dealing with SPAM or getting your email inbox organized.

How to get rid of spam quick in your gmail box.
by beverly johnson, for helium
(cause they pay way more than mylot)

Here's a tip that I use every week to get my Gmail and Yahoo email inbox organized. I wanted to share it just in case it would help you as well.

1. Login to your email account.
2. Enter a specific search term into your email search box and all emails containing that word will come up.

For instance, if I wanted

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