Spam, The four-letter word of the internet. It is a problem we all face. This article deals with the issue of Spam and gives you some helpful tips and tools to deal with it.
Well, if you have been online for anytime now, you probably have experienced the unpleasant experience of receiving Spam.
How do these spammers get your email address in the first place ?
One simple method they use is Robots which scour the internet looking for mailto: tags. This is simply a hyperlink created like this: mailto:anyone@aol.com .
When it is clicked on it opens your mail program with the address inserted ready to send.
I admonish you to never use your email address in a mailto: tag anywhere online. If you do you are just asking to be found and receive some more junk mail.
When you forward a message that contains other's email addresses in the message, did you realize that spammers can harvest and send spam to them ?
Please cut and paste the message to eliminate the many email addresses included in some of these messages that have been forwarded around the world two or three times.
There are some programs around that will help a lot in the Spam battle.
McAfee offers a neat piece of software to stop spam for a price:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/msk/
As an alternative, here is one that is Free: http://eliminatespam.com/
Personally, I have included the use of a mail filter to combat the problem of Spam. I use a Free filter called MailWasher that is easy to download, install and use:
There are many more of these type mail filters available. Just go to any large search engine and search for "mail filters". You will get a bunch. A lot of them are free.
Finally, if you want to learn more about Spam, here is a good resource page with lots of links and information:
Fighting Spam is a battle that we all face. Although it is difficult to eliminate it entirely, you can utilize the available resources to greatly reduce it and make life online a little simpler for everyone.
Larry Johnson, author
http://www.BizSiteBiz.com/
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