Tips to stop Spam
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Tips to stop spam
- Spam is any unwanted, and unsolicted Email message.
- This article is for individuals wishing to stop spam.
- This article is aimed mainly at private computer users. Corporate schemes, and methods used by celebrities will have to be somewhat different.
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Block Spam
- Spam tends to obey certain patterns, which computer system filters can block out.
- Most systems will allow you to mark spam as such, which will delete the message, and let the system block similar messages.
- You should check spam folders occasionally to make sure desired messages are not deleted.
- Spam blockers will usually not block messages from companies you have given your address to.
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Filter spam
- user defined filters can allow you to rapidly sort spam based on things you see which machines miss.
- Most spam can be filtered away because it is addressed to someone other than yourself.
- Often spam is marketing something, and repeat messages will have similar wording. Look for the common thread, and filter those words.
- You can also filter based on who is sending you messages, but unless a company is the sender, this is rarely effective.
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Protect your Address
- Unless someone types in your email address, no spam will come to it.
- Do not give your email address to businesses unless you want their mailers for the rest of your life.
- Do not give email addresses out over the internet.
- Do not give email addresses to strangers.
- Do not type your email address onto a page that can be viewed by strangers.
- If you want strangers to see your email address, replace the @ symbol with "(at)" or otherwise garble it so machines cannot copy and paste it.
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Keep a spam address
- It is usually possible to open one or more additional email accounts based on the email address you already have. Do so, and use it when doing so might send you spam.
- If you need to give an email address to a website, or stranger for any reason, give them your spam address. Now they will spam that address, and not your favorite address.
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DO NOT FEED THE SPAMMERS!
- Spam continues to be sent out because it is easy to send, and a few people somewhere continue to do what the spammers want, by buying their product, or visiting their website, thus giving them advertising money, or a chance to upload malicious software. This makes spamming cost-effective.
- The less cost-effective spamming is, the fewer products spamers will be able advertise this way.
- Never follow a link in a spamm message. Spammers will then know your email address is active, and can sell it to other spammers for money.
- Never download any picture or file from a spam message. It can contain malicious software.
- Never open a message that is clearly spam. Some spammers may know simply by this.
- Never write back to a spammer. They will know your email is active, and will sell it for money.
- If a spammer advertises a product that you want, reward a company that hasn't spammed you by purchasing from them instead.
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Sources/Reference
- Word of mouth
