How do I keep so many ads from flooding my mail? Is there a way to block them?

I am getting too many ads. I filled out one questionnaire but it was one too many. I want to stop all these ads. they come in my Inbox and Bulk folder. I had very few e-mails before this started happening in about Aug. of 2007.

How do I keep so many ads from flooding my mail? Is there a way to block them?
If its a yahoo account, you can just press the spam button, which puts the address in your block list and deletes the message
Reply:Hit the spam button.
Reply:Once you begin to get spam it is next to impossible to stop it. It is started when you post your email address in any public forum or give it to an untrustworthy web site. If you are getting spam from a well known company there will be a link in the email to stop it. Never use the link with unknown companies. It just verifies your address. You can mark email as spam but Yahoo only stops it if there are multiple reports and there is a practical way to do it. If you are using a separate email program with a built in spam blocker use it. Spammers keep changing the FROM addresses and even use the addresses of the people they are spamming. The best advice is protect your address and don't let spam start. Once started there is not much you can do.


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