FIGHT SPAM

Ways to fight Spam



 
While there isn't a permanent solution to the ubiquitous Spam network,
you can, however, keep Spam mail controlled. The most convenient ways
for you to do so is to use the junk mail filter that every email server
comes with. Apart from this however, there are some very basic
precautionary measures that can keep Spam at bay.
 
NEVER reply to Spam
The following instruction "click on the link below to unsubscribe" might
sound like the end of the Spam rampage, but the minute you click you are
actually confirming that yours is a valid email address. What's worse is
that they will sell your ID to every other Spammer on the face of the
earth.
  
Don't post your email on your website 
While it is a cool thing to post your email on your personal home page,
don't forget that you are actually giving out an invitation to Spammers.
This is because Spammers use a special kind of software that "harvests"
email addresses from the net. It is so programmed to seek strings that
are something@something.com and catalog the information onto a database.
 
Use a second email id in newsgroups
Newsgroups make for fertile email collecting grounds. So take care not
to post your address to a group. Instead, use an alternate email ID, one
that perhaps you don't use that frequently. 
 
Be careful to whom you give your email ID 
Whenever a website requests your email ID make sure that you know what
they want it for. Read their privacy policy and then decide whether or
not you want to be part of the activities of that particular website.
Apart from this, do not give out your email ID in chat rooms.
  
Use a Spam filter 
There is no such thing as a perfect filter, but you can get yourself
anti-Spam software, which will help keep Spam at manageable level.
Though some of it is cumbersome in that it might require for you to pass
your email messages through some other system of storage and cleaning,
right now it is the best solution. Load of other sundry trash make up
the Spam booty.
 
Never buy anything advertised in Spam
As tempting as those smart buy offers in your junk folder might sound,
remember the minute you fall for any of it you are making yourself a
target for Spam.

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