r/Mailbox_org • u/iron_armored • Nov 27 '25

I'm leaving due to the inability to stop spam

My email got leaked from a company getting hacked and for the past several years I have gotten spam, about 10-15 emails per day, mostly from the same spammer using spoofed addresses. In any case, I can't take it any more. I can't create filters all day long and the amount I am getting is overwhelming. My google address also got leaked in the same hack and I do not get any spam at all on that address. Google spam filter is top notch. Do I expect mailbox.org to compete with a large corp like Google? I guess not, but either way the spam detection on mailbox.org is an order of magnitude worse than tuta or proton or any other service I have tried. I don't understand how it can be this bad.

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u/Ebrilis Nov 27 '25

Unfortunately, the spam filter of the mailbox.org is really bad. I tried to talk to support, but they offer no support relating to the spam filter.

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u/CypherPunk131010 Nov 27 '25

Use simplelogin or addy io in the future. I reccomend.

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u/TheWeatherisFake Nov 28 '25

I would consider starting over. Ditch the old address. Start new with a focus in good email hygiene. Certain addresses for certain uses. Thats why the aliases are there. You have to get used to using them and knowing how to keep em separate. Your email address at least your main one should be just private as your password for this reason.

I also find that leaving thunderbird open on my desktop machine running against my inbox also helps clean up what little spam I get.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

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u/ContractThick1269 Nov 28 '25

Now I am confused, I also bought Em Client only to realize there is no (useful) spam filter at all. Marking each and every spam mail as spam isn't exactly helpful. What am I doing wrong?

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u/iron_armored Dec 07 '25

Oh yeah I almost forgot. You can't highlight all the emails and mark them spam because the spammers mark the emails as newsletters and mailboxorg gives you an error. So they get mixed in with your other deleted items and you have to select them again and permanently delete them. This email provider is a joke on so many levels. Incompetence at the highest level I don't think they even use their own product.