More Tips To Avoid Spam
Spammers have many tricks to get to your email address. The best way to avoid their unwanted emails in your e-mail box is to avoid giving out your primary email address to anyone but friends and family. Don’t list your e-mail address in large Internet directories, job-posting Web sites, or even your own Web site unless it is disguised.
Setting up an e-mail address dedicated solely to Web transactions can be a solution in avoiding spam. Consider using a free e-mail service to help keep your primary e-mail address private. When you get too much spam there, simply drop it for a new one.
When you buy things online, companies sometimes pre-select check boxes to indicate that it's fine to sell or give your e-mail address to responsible parties. Watch out for pre-checked boxes. Clear the check box if you don't want to be contacted.
Many Internet Service Providers or e-mail programs provide junk e-mail filters that can serve as the first line of defense against spam. Keep your spam filters up to date. Spammers work relentlessly to outsmart these filters. You must also do your part by keeping your junk e-mail filters up to date.
Block images in your email. Just as a lighthouse beacon beams a message with light, pictures in e-mail messages - also called "Web beacons" - can be adapted to secretly send a message back to the sender. Spammers rely on information returned by these images to locate active e-mail addresses. Images can also contain harmful code embedded inside them and be used to deliver a spammer's message in spite of the filters. The best defense against Web beacons is to stop pictures from downloading until you've had a chance to review the message.
