Not only is junk mail incessantly aggravating, but it can also carry some serious risks. Spam isn’t just bad marketing for cruddy products. Many spammers embed malware into their mass emails.

Why so much junk mail? Hundreds of millions of pieces of junk mail (also called “direct,” “bulk,” or “standard” mail) are sent through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) annually ...

In June, I began tracking the junk mail I was receiving. A plea to embark on Princess Cruises. Preapproved credit card offers from banks I’d never heard of. A furniture catalogue from Lulu and ...

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When I first learned about this company, I thought wow! A company that actually allows me to make money with my junk mail. I could end up a millionaire. I get a ton of junk mail! So what is the catch?

Now, more times than not, the mailbox delivers little more than credit card offers, coupons, and any manner of junk mail. The term "junk mail" encompasses many forms—unwanted catalogs ...

At the core, both spam and junk mail represent messages that clutter the user's inbox. While junk mail often comes from opt-in services, such as from businesses, spam refers to messages that the ...

But, as strange as it may sound, spam emails can actually be useful to the potential victims scammers are targeting, which is why you shouldn’t delete them. All major mail providers are starting ...

I still love receiving mail, but most of what lands in my mailbox these days isn’t cards from people I know or magazines I look forward to every month. Rather, it’s junk that goes right into ...

If a spam message makes it into your inbox, press and hold your finger on the message, then choose Mark and then Move to Junk from the pop-up menu.(Jim Rossman / TNS) This week a reader writes ...

But why do we get junk mail? Why do our inboxes get spammed on the regular? And more importantly, how do we avoid it? This week, let’s discuss the dynamic methods of spammers and junk mail ...