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  1. M

    iPhone 16 Pro Max I'd buy an iPhone 16 if...

    I'd buy an iPhone 16 if Apple did something to totally thwart spam text messages and phone calls.
  2. valerii

    iPhone WideProtect SMS Blocker

    Hi everyone! I have recently released a new version of WideProtect SMS Blocker, which helps to filter SMS and MMS by keywords and phone number patterns. Simple and effective tools nowadays, to block election, promotional and other spam text messages. Here is the App Store link, I hope the app...
  3. jwns

    iOS 17.0.2 | Apple using StandBy as an Advertising Platform?

    I woke up this morning to what I can only describe as an advertisement placed in the widget side of my StandBy screen. Until this morning, standby has only ever shown me my schedule. I haven’t intentionally customized it. It is essentially in the default mode that came with iOS17. Has anyone...
    • jwns
    • Thread
    • advertising ios 17.0.2 spam standby
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 17
  4. I

    Contacting uncontactable email support

    A friend, using her Mac email, signed up to the iclarified newsletter. She no longer wants to receive it. Unfortunately she cannot remember her user name - this is required to change / unsubscribe. But despite many attempts to contact iclarified support via the contact form and a found support...
    • InnSuu
    • Thread
    • contact help junk newsletter spam
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. M

    iPhone 14 Pro Max I'd buy an iPhone 14 if . . .

    I'm still using my iPhone 7 Plus, but I'd buy an iPhone 14 in a nanosecond if they had a feature to eliminate the massive amount of daily SPAM I receive via text messaging.
  6. Sovon Halder

    Safari Suggestions, Favourites Touch Icons - How To Fix?

    The ONLY thing I get bothered about while using this super-fast M1 computer is Safari Suggestions and Favourites Touch Icons. 1. I open MacRumours website 17 times a day. But even if there is an accidental popup of Macpaw opening from a spam website, every time I type "mac" in the address bar...
  7. jagooch

    Does Apple Mail's 'Move to Junk' tell the Mail Server the mail is Spam?

    Does Apple Mail's 'Move to Junk' tell the Mail Server the mail is Spam? My email is hosted with Fastmail, which uses machine learning to train the server as to what I think is spam in addition to any built-in spam filters. In their email Web GUI, I have a "mark as spam" button the moves...
  8. C

    iPhone 8/Plus Help I accidentally clicked a spam link in text

    I got one of those USPS scam messages and I’m stupid I thought someone actually just put the wrong number until I looked it up and found out it’s a scam... I’m sick and really out of it right now and I was dumb enough to respond saying they had the wrong number Anyway I accidentally clicked the...
  9. Z

    eradicating hostile emails

    Is there some online service dedicated in doing the job that email clients cannot fulfil 100% ? That job is eradicating and blocking spam/phishing emails etc. that trying to trick people.
  10. PhillyGuy72

    iPhone Blocking spam iMessages?

    Not sure what's happening all of a sudden, I've been receiving a load of junk spam text messages that started hitting my phone over the weekend (some 202 area code, keeps calling me "David" - which is not my name!), So far 3 today..another one from GOP, and the Primary election in PA...smh!! I...
    • PhillyGuy72
    • Thread
    • filter imessage ios 13.3.1 iphone junk texts robocalls spam
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 13
  11. Akash Ahluwalia

    Calendar is filled with SPAM link and popping up in my notifications. Any help appreciated.

    So, since past couple of days, my iPhone calendar is filled with SPAM links. I don't know how to get rid of it. Kindly help me remove it.
  12. PhillyGuy72

    iPhone Calendar - Spammed "iPhone Max Is Here..."

    I'm looking around this forum, maybe I missed it, seeing if anyone else has this issue. I just happened to notice a red bubble "Notification" on my iMac's calendar, when I opened it - my entire week is filled up with this spam entry - it shows up on my iPhone as well. I have NO idea what this...
  13. Disead

    Does the iPhone X have the ability to block texts containing potentially harmful content?

    My dad recently received a suspicious text message (he has an Android phone) that he did not respond to but he asked me about. I attempted to forward the message to myself from his phone several times but the forwarded message refused to go through. Is this blocking ability inherent to the...
  14. HappyDude20

    How to Stop Daily Recurring SPAM Email Specifically in APPLE MAIL?

    I didn’t think this was a specific iOS or MacOS question and figured I cannot be the only individual within the MacRumors community from experiencing this so here goes: Gmail has never giving me problems and in the past 12 years have yet to see a spam email creep into my inbox. Apple Mail...
    • HappyDude20
    • Thread
    • apple mail email fake ads gmail hack inbox spam
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  15. keysofanxiety

    Reporting lots of spam is a chore due to 30 second limit

    Hi guys, I'm sure this is a stupid grumble because it's just as much of a pain for you guys to remove it, but the 30 second mandatory limit between reports is painful when reporting spam. I know you just need to report one bit of spam from one user to delete the whole account, but when it's...
  16. Mac03ForLife

    Spam posts and MacRumors

    This may not be the place to post this, so sorry mods in advance Anyways, this is where most of the spammy posts I see are conglomerated. Things like "resolved --****** then some sketchy link claiming to get you to lose 100lbs per day, etc" Is there anything macrumors can do about these? As...
  17. iMacGuru

    Installed Mojave - Receiving Unsolicited Emails

    Ever since I installed Mojave I have been barraged with emails from web-sites around the world (over 400) thanking me for signing up or requesting that I confirm my email address. For some reason these emails are not being filtered by the gmail junk routines. Please help! Inundated Mac User
  18. techwarrior

    PSA: Stop Spam and Phishing emails on your iCloud account

    Not sure which blog site I found this on, but a week in an it appears a flurry of spam\phishing emails being sent to my .me account, and .me alias are all but gone. I was getting 3-5 emails per day about "my account", things like email failed to send, problem with account or login, pictures...
  19. andyx181x

    iOS default mail app and yahoo

    Hi there so I have been putting this off for years and now I just want to get this fixed once and for all. How do I enable the junk folder in my yahoo account to be available so I can obviously forward spam into it? It’s been grayed out ever since I got my first iPhone. I been reading up that...
  20. S

    Reject spam call without voicemail

    I know there are several ways to reject an incoming phone call. But I can't seem to find a way to fully reject a call and also keep the caller from going to my voicemail. This is mainly for the several spam calls I get every day. Blocking numbers is not an option because the calls always come...
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