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Prevent and reduce spam.
How can you prevent spam?
The most effective way for Internet users to reduce spam is to stop making it profitable for spammers to send e-mail. Unfortunately, that may never happen. There are, however, specific steps that you can take to reduce the amount of spam in your inbox and protect your privacy.
Options you have to reduce spam
1. Never respond to unsolicited e-mail. If you respond to, or do business with a spammer, your e-mail address will be sold to other spammers. Responding to spam also tells the spammer that they have a valid e-mail address and you (their potential customer) are checking it.
2. Do not attempt to unsubscribe from the spammers mailing list. Spammers are required by law to delete your e-mail address from their list if you request to be removed. However, even if the spammer obeys the letter of the law they will immediately add your e-mail address to every other list they maintain.
3. Protect your e-mail address. Do not give your e-mail address to websites or companies without understanding and agreeing with their privacy policies. If you cannot find a stated policy, be safe and do not provide your address.
4. Consider using multiple e-mail addresses. Use one e-mail address for personal correspondence, another e-mail address for business and an anonymous e-mail address for everything else. Use the anonymous e-mail address for logging into chat rooms, registering downloaded software and posting on websites, newsgroups and forums.
5. Use a unique e-mail address. Your choice of e-mail addresses may affect the amount of spam you receive. Spammers use "dictionary attacks" to sort through possible name combinations at large ISPs or e-mail services, hoping to find a valid address. Thus, a common name such as jdoe may get more spam than a more unique name like jd51x02oe.
6. Use an e-mail filter. Check your e-mail account to see if it provides a tool to filter out potential spam or a way to channel spam into a bulk e-mail folder. You can also set up rules for persistent spam that automatically deletes them when they are received.
Why SPAM ?
Why is there spam in your e-mail inbox?
Spammers buy lists of e-mail addresses from list brokers. List brokers collect e-mail addresses by "harvesting" them from the Internet. Your e-mail address can be harvested in a variety of places.
When you have five times as much spam as you do e-mail it’s time to take back control of your inbox. Learn how spam works and how to use tools to block spam with our free online class.
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