Most people receive dozens or even hundreds of worthless spam emails each day. Spam is in general considered to be any unsolicited, junk email that a user does not want to be bothered with. The bandwidth and personal time that spam robs from users is staggering to say the least, with a very high percentage of traffic on the Internet being recognized as unsolicited spam messages. Getting rid of the junk is often easier said than done, but consider these tips to bring your inbox back under control.
Use a Fake Address When Filling Out Online Forms
Use a Fake Address When Filling Out Online Forms
The vast majority of spammers get email addresses by buying the mailing lists of other sites or by purchasing lists of addresses that have been farmed off of web pages all over the Internet. By setting up and using a fake email address and using that email address any time you fill out an online form you can significantly curtail the amount of junk that winds up being sent to you. For example, go to a free email provider such as Gmail.com and sign up for a free email account. Use this free account as the address you provide when surfing online. The Gmail service has excellent spam blocking features, but at the same time it is also a very convenient way to seperate unimportant messages from those you want to see. Only give your primary email address to loved ones and to close friends.
Never Post Your Email Address On A Web Page
Harvesting email address from web pages is very easy for a spammer to do using a special computer program. Any time a person's email address is added to a web page a spammer can easily find it and use it to send junk mail to. If you must have an email address on a web page try to find other ways to provide it such as spelling out the address and not using the AT sign (@). For example, a person might put joe (AT) gmail DOT com for their email address. This stops the spammers from easily harvesting the address while still allowing human viewers to see the address and type it in to their own email program if they want to get in touch with you.
