11/12 Talk about the spam mail and spam texts you receive.

Thank God that most email accounts can automatically screen junk mail out.
* screen out (=filter): 걸러내다.
ex> This filters screen out adult content on search engines.

A handful of them still manage to filter through.
* a handful of: a small number of people or things.
ex> I invited only a handful of my friends to keep it private.
* filter through: to pass or seep through something
ex> The water filtered through the coffee grounds and dripped into the pot.

I often get emails offering get-rich-quick schemes.
* get-rich-quick: 일확천금의

Some spam mail can install a virus onto your computer.

A general rule of thumb is to ignore any emails from senders you do not recognize.
* general rule of thumb: 대략적인 방법 ( a practical method of doing or measuring sth, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement)

@ I had to bend the rule.  규칙을 살짝 어겨야 했어.