Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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⏰ Drowning in 300 junk emails a day? You can't stop spam completely, but you don't have to suffer, either. I'll cover why blocking and unsubscribing make things worse, and share one simple habit that trains your inbox to clean itself.

⏰ Mark as spam and move on
You can’t stop spam, but you can tame it. Don’t try to block or unsubscribe, because that backfires. Instead, let your spam filter do the work. Mark spam as spam, and over time, your inbox will get cleaner.

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Chapters
0:00 How to stop spam?
1:39 You can’t stop spam
2:06 Blocking doesn’t work
3:16 Unsubscribing does the opposite
4:13 Good spam filters make life bearable
5:12 Your spam filter
5:43 Training the filter
7:00 False positives
7:43 A note on challenge/response blockers
8:27 Preventing spam in the first place

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