Why don’t you sit down and show her? She probably doesn’t even know what spam is. You can explain to her basic internet/email ettiquette and terminology.

i think you can block addresses in your e-mail settings.

tell her to not email u as often cuz u have other things to do besides read emails all day

Tess……slow your mind down…
I fully understand…what you are saying.
Explain to her ’spam’ and give her a scare, that she could infect her own computer, and that she may no longer be able to send ‘any’ e-mails to you.Or anyone else.
Say how it does so much damage to the computer.

Believe me….if you tell her how bad it CAN be! she will stop, for sure.
But, you need to do a good job of telling her, without getting upset.Stay calm.
Other wise
‘change your e-mail address or block her’ simple!

You can tell her. Do what I’ve done. Send out a mass e-mail (so it doesn’t look like you’re singling one person out) and say you appreciate all the mail you’re getting, but please limit it to important things with maybe the occasional forward.

My Father would do that and I just didn’t reply to any of them like “oh, that was funny”, “I got an 18 on the test you sent me”. He said something during a visit at Christmas time that I never responded to him and I told him I didn’t have the time with my two kids. If she is sending them to your work email address, tell her that you are not allowed to get any of those messages, they are filtered out.

A lot of people who are new to email get ****** into this stuff, mostly because they don’t know what to do with them, and think they’re doing everyone a favor by spreading it around. Everyone of us on here had to learn ‘netiquette’ at some point, so we should be patient with those who are new and take the time to help them out.

Since it’s your mom, sit down with her and, while you’re both sitting at the computer, show her around the snopes.com website which deals with a lot of spam and urban legends. Tell her that whenever she gets a forward or something to check it out there before sending it on. And that way when you do get something from her, it’ll be something worth looking at. Also, you could give her a limit on the number and types things you are willing to look at, and that way she can filter the stuff she finds interesting and only bother with things worth sending. I’ve found that very helpful in my dealings with…ahem…’forward thinking people’.

Deal with it. She is your mom! Get a new e-mail for everything else if the “spam” she sends you is so bothersome.

maybe you just have to come to your mother’s house to teach/ explain about emailing.

one more thing, what’s bothering you? the spam or the emails from her?

“I’m talking about spam!!!! I don’t want to be rude to her but I don’t want her emailing me.”

Block her emails

I am sorry you are having this trouble.
My mom died a while back, and I would give just about anything to receive an email from her.
Sure miss the old hag.
You poor thing.