How often do you check your email's spam folder?
By firecracker
@sacmom (14192)
United States
May 24, 2007 9:29pm CST
Do you check it daily, once a week, once a month? Maybe you check it more or less than this? I usually check mine once a week, maybe less, but I think I'm going to start checking it more often. When I checked it today I saw 2 discussions and 1 response from MyLot in my spam folder. It makes me wonder if I've missed any responses in the past because of this.
So, how often do you check your spam folder?
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50 responses
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
25 May 07
I don't count how often but know I empty it several times during the day - in both of my email accounts.
@tristankhalil (100)
• Philippines
25 May 07
I just check my spam folder when I am just subscribe to a newsletter or the like (which needs confirmation, and usually the confirmation email goes to your spam folder!).. but in ordinary days, I just clear them right away without reading the mails there.
@JolinC (175)
• United States
25 May 07
I check my mailbox closely to daily.
I check my spam box anywhere from 0 - 10x a day. Because I hate seeing the number count next to my Spam Box. So normally i often scan through to see if any non spam email being stuck there. Then I just clear it. I clear it even when there is only 1 spam mail.
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@santuccie (3384)
• United States
25 May 07
My e-mail uses a Challenge-Response spam filter. I don't have a spam folder, I have a pending folder. I check it whenever I feel like it, usually five times a day or so, just in case there's someone to be approved or denied, but it's usually empty. Spammers and phishers don't bother with me. :)
When there is something in my pending folder, it's usually something I just signed up for, and I know right away. If I'm not sure, I use a special program to "preview" the message. That way, if it turns out to be spam/fraud, I can delete it and block the sender e-mail address without them knowing I looked at it. ;)
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@KissThis (3003)
• United States
25 May 07
I try to check my spam email atleast once a week. Sometimes I get a chance and I check it twice. There also have been times when I have had to let it go longer. I have seen a couple of mylot discussions in my spam folder once so I have tried to check it more often.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
4 Jun 09
I do not check my spam folder and am really wondering how the mylot notifications got entered into your spam forlder.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
4 Jun 09
Some of my email from Mylot, ios going to my regular mail.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
5 Jun 09
Are you still finding mylot notifications in spam folders?
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I have no idea. I added mylot to my contact list some time ago, so I shouldn't have this problem, right? Yet, for some reason I can still find an email notification from mylot every now and again, even though it isn't anywhere as often as it used to be.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
7 Jun 09
I have to do it more often than that. Otherwise I might miss something that landed in there accidentally.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
13 Jun 09
And it makes it so much easier to do this on a regular basis, doesn't it?
@MisterPlus (1915)
• Philippines
5 Jun 09
I don't usually check my spam folder. I usually delete all the messages in my spam folder. I guess I will check it from time to time now that you have shared your experience with mylot and spam folder. I could have missed some of my mylot responses without checking my spam folder.
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@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
i always check my spam folder because mainly all of my email from the sites i have been thru are allthere. thats why its important to check it always. as not to be out dated and to know the latest from my friends here in mylot and to other of my sites.
thanks friend
jhelai
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
14 Jun 09
Yep, that's why it is a good idea to always check the spam folder. I know I wouldn't want to miss out on something that should have landed in the inbox!
@3orabi (529)
• Jordan
6 Jun 09
I didn't direct my mylot messages to my spam folder so I don't check it ... I just empty this folder every now and then without even seeing what the messeges it contains ... maybe this is wrong because sometimes it may contain some messages that supposed to be in the inbox ... but I'm lazy so I don't check it ever ...
should I check this folder regularly ?
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
7 Jun 09
It might be a good idea. Especially if you are expecting an email but never received it. Because chances are it landed in there.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I check it all the time I have my Mylot mail going to my spam mail.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
5 Jun 09
Do all of the emails from mylot go in there or just some of it?
@rahul_2689 (634)
• Hyderabad, India
2 Jun 09
I keep checking my spam folder as often as possible. Its a habit I've developed over the last couple of years. Its strange how a lot of the important stuff keeps getting into the spam folder. Also my lazyness or ignorance to add them to my address list is not making things any easier. The worst part is that most the unimportant mails are sent to the inbox. Really disgusting.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I've had a few spam mails land in my inbox before. But it's usually the other way around and the ones that aren't spam land in my spam folder, even if I added the contact to my safe list. Go figure!
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
2 Jun 09
Hi there Sac Mom.
Wow, a 3years old discussion, but it is still good to respond to.
Well to get on topic, i think i check it almost every time that i am not in a hurry when i have new mail in my inbox also. I do go there in order to send to inbox the miss placed mails, or to clear the spam folder.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
4 Jun 09
Hi elitess, yep it never hurts to respond to an old discussion, even if it is years old!
@ishansharma001 (38)
• India
2 Jun 09
I check my spam folder once a month. Never looked seriously on caught mails!
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
4 Jun 09
You should take a look every now and then. You never know what you might find!
@alexandra777 (643)
• Philippines
2 Jun 09
I check it daily and i see most are from myLot - comments to my responses or discussions started by friends. At least two are about me getting a best response mark. I wonder why they got to be spam mails?
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
4 Jun 09
I don't know. Did you make sure to add mylot to your contact list? I made sure to do this, though I still get a notification from them in my spam folder every now and then. Strange.