Why Am I Getting So Much Spam?

If your inbox is drowning, your address is on one or more marketing/spam lists. Here's why — and what to do.

How you ended up on the list

• A site you signed up for sold or leaked your address.
• You entered a contest or giveaway (huge spam sources).
• Your address appeared in a data breach.
• A scraper harvested it from a public page.

More detail in how spammers get your email.

The fastest fixes

1. Stop the bleeding: use a disposable address for all new sign-ups.
2. Mark spam as spam (don't click unsubscribe on true spam).
3. Filter aggressively and consider migrating critical contacts to a fresh address.