Reduce Your Spam
Reduce Your Spam
By Matt Christensen
Spam is a problem we all deal with. You would be hard pressed to find someone that does not get at least one spam email message a day. What can be done about it? That is a very good question. It may seem that fighting spam is a never ending battle. Well it is a never ending battle but there are some things you can do to make your spam problem smaller. For starters, do not post your email address anywhere. If you have a website or other public publications do not display your email address on it. An alternative would be to create a contact me link that sends the results of a form to you rather than giving out the email address. This is a common mistake that public organizations make like schools and large clubs.
The worst thing you can do is have your address out there for any marketer or virus writer to get. When signing up for forms or applications use a fake address. I remember in college I would get hit up to take a survey for a t-shirt. That s great but it s a marketing scheme so for things like that give out a phony email address. Last but not least install ad ware and spy ware removal software. There are plenty of free ones out there. This will help remove software that might have been installed on your computer that sends spam to the contacts in your email software. If you follow these simple guidelines you will see a reduction in spam. However with all that being said you can not stop all spam. You can not control what happens to your email address when it s in someone else s address book.
Matt Christensen
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