Email, Messaging, & Video Calls Email Learn How to Report a Message as Spam to Yahoo Mail Improve the spam filters in Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Mail Basic by Heinz Tschabitscher Writer A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. our editorial process Heinz Tschabitscher Updated on April 03, 2020 Email Yahoo! Mail Gmail Tweet Share Email Yahoo Mail has spam filters, so most unsolicited messages are placed in the Spam folder automatically. Nonetheless, spam will occasionally make it to your inbox. If you report the spam to Yahoo Mail, the company modifies its filters to catch that particular type of spam in the future. Instructions in this article apply to the web versions of Yahoo Mail as well as the Yahoo Mail mobile app for Android and iOS. How to Report a Message as Spam in Yahoo Mail To alert Yahoo Mail that junk mail that made it past the spam filter: Select the checkbox beside the message(s) in your inbox that you wish to report as spam. Select Spam in the toolbar above your inbox to move the message to your Spam folder. Alternatively, you can mark an individual message as spam by selecting Spam while viewing it. How to Report a Message as Spam in Basic Yahoo Mail The process for reporting spam in Yahoo Mail Basic is the same, but the interface is a little different: Select the checkbox beside the message(s) in your inbox that you wish to report as spam. Select Spam in the toolbar above your inbox to move the message to your Spam folder. Alternatively, you can mark an individual message as spam while viewing it: Select Actions in the toolbar.Select Mark as Spam.Select Apply. How to Report a Message as Spam in the Yahoo Mail App You can report individual messages as spam while viewing them in the Yahoo Mail mobile app: Select the three vertical dots to the right of the sender's name. Select Spam from the drop-down menu. The message will move to the Spam folder. How to Report Spam From Another Yahoo Mail Account If the spam is coming from another Yahoo Mail account, you can report the user directly by going to the Report Abuse or Spam on Yahoo page in your browser. Select report it to Yahoo directly and enter the requested information. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit