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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
You should delete spam mails without reading them.
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There is a golden rule to dealing with spam emails: if it looks like a spam message, it probably is-so delete it without clicking or downloading anything. Such messages may contain software that tells the sender you’ve opened the email, confirming you have an active account, which may lead to even more spam messages.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yes. It is not necessary to keep the spam messages in your e-mail program’s spam folder because SpamSieve stores the information that it has extracted from the messages elsewhere. Before you delete any messages, make sure that you have corrected all the mistakes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deleting a spam message in you account does not stop them from sending more spam in the future. You’ll just have to keep deleting or ignoring them until (hopefully) the get bored and stop sending them to you.

Detailed explanation-4: -After an email is moved to the Trash or Spam folder, the email gets deleted automatically after 30 days of moving. Once an email is deleted from the Trash or Spam folder, it cannot be recovered in the mailbox.

Detailed explanation-5: -Go into the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab. Click Create a new filter. Fill out the details and click Create filter. Check the Delete it option and Also apply filter to x matching conversations to delete already existing emails.

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