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Re: How can I stop emails going to spam?
In some cases of spam email that could be dangerous to the system Virgin will take measures to protect their servers from such emails by blocking them or tagging as spam. Email may be blocked from some senders and may not get through, so best to test out that they do arrive when sent. In some cases emails may have spam content identified which is picked up automatically by the spam filters. Emails that go to spam can be put back to the inbox or a folder if you decide to keep them. Some emails may be dangerous even though they have got through to the inbox as clever spammers can make their emails look authentic by using gmail, outlook etc. Forwarding of any spam or infected emails can be another issue and can cause issues to the recipient email/ third pary email which might block or tag as spam in some cases, so they do not always arrive with forwarding to the inbox. I now avoid forwarding as it can be difficult to manage. Important emails can be missed if they do go to spam. As emails can be lost after 30 days, it is wise to avoid if possible putting emails into the spam folder unless you want rid of them so select in setting what happens with spam, if a genuine email goes to spam it may be lost/deleted after a period.14Views0likes0CommentsRe: How can I stop emails going to spam?
In email settings (gearcog right hand top) the options for spam settings can be set to flag as spam but deliver to inbox, which what I do to avoid emails going to spam. Only emails tagged as spam should normally go to the spam folder. I do place emails in spam myself which gives protection by lining out links in the email so they can be viewed safely. Usually they are deleted in approx 30 days. However recently I have noticed my spam folder is empty which means spam is deleted sooner than 30 days so can be lost. It is common for emails to go to spam even though they are not spam, often happens to me and also happens with other email providers, and will be deleted after a number of days so wise to regular check spam folders. Some emails can be spoofed to look as if they are from a real company but may be phishing. I use email filters and they have not been working properly the last few days so had to check my filters and squencing of filters which can often trip up. There is one solutuion, to use filters to identify an email from say Tesco and move it to a folder called Tesco, I have many folders set up to receive genuine emails so they do not go to the inbox or spam folder but to a named folder I have created in my folders or sub folders of archive.12Views0likes0CommentsRe: Comment on Windows 11 your experience
Had to uninstall the last quality update for windows 11, because it prevented typing in any browser, The keyboard was not working, so I had to go via recovery options advanced and uninstall the update, also not updating properly so I will do a sfc /scannow. This was my older acer laptop 2019, not had the issue on my 2024 laptop yet. This keyboard problem usually occurs following windows updates, I have had it before, and it prevented me doing anything other than recovery via settings, I have now delayed my updates to prevent this happening.21Views1like0CommentsRe: I got an email from a company from the distance past which may be fake
update- I have had another old email re-commence from 2023 but in a different format,it is a newsletter and similar to my original post regarding old email that come back again, this second different newsletter has just started again but also via a third party organisation, not the usual sender. The last one to my ntlworld.com email was in 2023 when it stopped for no reason known, but on another email I have the same current newsletter direct, but not via a third party sender email address during 2025. It can happen where one company can use a third party to advertise its services and send out another version of a newsletter from a different host , the original was via amazon, but the new email is from an via unknown company/client. So very odd that two newsletter stopped and then re-started years later but via third party firms acting as a client for the original newsletter service, so not sure if is genuine and why they would go to so much trouble, seems odd that old historic emails suddenly return without me registering again.8Views0likes0CommentsRe: I got an email from a company from the distance past which may be fake
using the spam folder- The advantage of viewing emails that are in the spam folder is an extra safety feature of having the links in the spam lined out so they can not be clicked even by accident. This prevents connecting to unknown web sites which may be phising, fraud or downloading of mallicious files. Some spam emails may already be in spam, if not any emails can be selected to go to spam if needed. The danger with spam emails is opening them in he first place, so it may be wise just to ignore spam and only open emails from genuine sources/senders. Some spam emails will repeat many times with the same content and sender but with changing sender emails address, and some of them can repeat randomly over years.17Views0likes0CommentsRe: routers
be3600, Tether app- ssmartphone This is useful and has some nice features but settings are easier to find via the web page. I was not able to login to manager (bound) on the app using my email and password as the security checks kept locking me out saying locked out after 10 attempts which was not correct. Nothing is simple.10Views0likes0CommentsRe: routers
be3600, The new router installed easily and works well and has security features. The VM IP address changed with the new router installation. I noticed an issue with the router settings page on the windows edge browser, there are no scroll bars showing so some settings are off the page and can not see them. The firmware did update automatically and required a reboot, so great to know the router is up to date. I used a new settings page password but kept the SSID & WIFI password the same as my old router for conveniance. I noticed the router was fairly warm yesterday but seems cooler today. The connected devices list does not always show all devices such as printers for some reason, although the printer worked .6Views0likes1CommentRe: Comment on Windows 11 your experience
windows 11-updates. Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5066835) (26100.6899) has just installed, it stopped my keyboard working and switched on flight mode, but after a few restarts was back to normal, Also Windows 11, version 25H2 optional update which I have done because 24h2 will not be updated after October 2026 so makes sense to try 25h2 the new windows 11 update which has installed OK.29Views1like3CommentsRe: Comment on Windows 11 your experience
My old windows 10 laptop as well as not updating is also very slow, and have been getting occasional strange screen rapid flashing and oscillation when using browsers brave or avg which last a few seconds so could be software issues and windows crashing for a few seconds also. In view of this I will remove my personal files to an external storage usb, it could be that the asus laptop from 2014 is going faulty and too old that even converting to linux would be difficult as only an old version would work. I did try to install a trial of chrome o/s but did not manage that. I will install the old windows 10 files onto my windows 11 new Acer laptop. As I now have 2 windows laptops the old windows 10 laptop will be retired but kept as a working spare should I ever need it, it does have an optical disc which is rare these days, I had to buy an external optical drive to use with new laptops.32Views1like0Comments