Use A Language Filter To Reduce Gmail Spam

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Gmail is fantastic at removing spam.  I receive about 20k spam emails a month, because I own a few domain names.  Even so, only a handful make it through to my gmail inbox, which is fantastic.

However, every now and then the spammers come up with a new technique that fools the gmail spam filters.  One method that can tip up gmail is spam not in English.  Even though you can’t read it, it’s still annoying, so here’s how to stop it.

1. Click on ‘Create A Filter’ next to the Gmail search engine
2. In the ‘Matches’ field enter ‘( lang:af OR lang:am OR lang:ar OR lang:az OR lang:be OR lang:bg OR lang:bh OR lang:bn OR lang:bo OR lang:ca OR lang:chr OR lang:cs OR lang:da OR lang:de OR lang:dv OR lang:el OR lang:en OR lang:eo OR lang:es OR lang:et OR lang:eu OR lang:fa OR lang:fi OR lang:fr OR lang:gl OR lang:gn OR lang:gu OR lang:hi OR lang:hr OR lang:hu OR lang:hy OR lang:id OR lang:is OR lang:it OR lang:iu OR lang:iw OR lang:ja OR lang:ka OR lang:kk OR lang:km OR lang:kn OR lang:ko OR lang:ku OR lang:ky OR lang:lo OR lang:lt OR lang:lv OR lang:mk OR lang:ml OR lang:mn OR lang:mr OR lang:ms OR lang:mt OR lang:my OR lang:ne OR lang:nl OR lang:no OR lang:or OR lang:pa OR lang:pl OR lang:ps OR lang:pt-PT OR lang:ro OR lang:ru OR lang:sa OR lang:sd OR lang:si OR lang:sk OR lang:sl OR lang:sq OR lang:sr OR lang:sv OR lang:sw OR lang:ta OR lang:te OR lang:tg OR lang:th OR lang:tl OR lang:tl OR lang:tr OR lang:ug OR lang:uk OR lang:ur OR lang:uz OR lang:vi OR lang:zh OR lang:zh-CN OR lang:zh-TW)
3. Choose ‘Skip Inbox’
4. Create a new label, say ‘Foreign Spam’.
5. Choose ‘Delete’ so all the messages are deleted automatically.  If you are worred that you might delete a genuine email, don’t worry as it will stay on the gmail servers for 30 days.

Thanks to Digital Inspiration for the tip.

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