
We
have gathered tips for keeping your email box free of spam, though
the best antispam weapon you have at your disposal is the Delete
key on your keyboard.
NEVER
UNSUBSCRIBE!!
Spammers send out millions of email everyday to random email addresses,
by unsubscribing you are verifying that your email address is attached
to a live person and you move from an unverified list to a verified
mailing list. Just click Delete.
NOTHING IS FREE!!
There was a time when online greeting cards, online games, file
sharing and toolbars were free and useful. Unfortunately that time
has past, and now these things cost you in email spam and spyware.
If you send a cute greeting card to Aunt Edna, both your email address
and hers will almost certainly be added to a spammers list.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS SACRED!!
Never surrender your email address to a service you are unsure about,
create a temporary or Spam email address for your online shopping
or if you insist on sending Aunt Enda that egreeting. There are
hundreds of online email hosts that make it free and easy to create
a temporary email address, some examples are mail.com hotmail.com
yahoo.com and even google is trying to get in on the act.
NEVER CLICK LINKS IN SPAM!!
Clicking a link in a Spam email will certainly add to your
Spam problems, most are programmed to read the IP address or email
address of the person clicking the link and clicking it will result
in more Spam in your inbox. If you must have that Ab Cruncher or
learn more about a magic mortgage, copy the link to a text file
trim off everything after the domain name and copy the address to
your web browser. This removes the cookie placing link and referral
credits.
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