Block Spam Services From Free Email Services
Some free email service providers have some pretty good block spam services to accommodate you a bit better. One is the free version of Hotmail provided by MSN. Many of the free email service providers are trying to get on top of the spam epidemic.
With this free email service, you can set up your account to keep only your personal contacts in your email inbox. The rest of the emails automatically go to a junk mail folder that you can check out at your own time. This is an effective block spam measure. If you don't check them within seven days, they are automatically deleted.
The MSN messenger, which is used to send instant messages to people, can be checked by right clicking the messenger icon. If you have received email from your contacts it will show you and you can go directly to your inbox by left clicking the messages text. If you have junk mail it doesn't show up. It is perfect to block spam.
Of course your junk mail section can still receive spam, but now it is at your own leisure that you check them out. Yahoo has a similar system, but with the Yahoo messenger instead. This method is not fool proof, but it is still pretty good if you don't want to spend the extra money for new software to block spam.
Free email providers like Yahoo and MSN are very good providers because they are very intent on blocking spam from your inbox. They are just as interested in protecting your account as you are because they want you to use them as your primary email address. Yahoo even has its very own site for you to look up that includes information about ways to block spam. To get this information see http://www.yahoo.com/spam
Most of the free email service providers have similar filters as MSN. They let you control the accepted content, which is exactly what I would advise you to have. They let you decide which mail to let through. MSN Hotmail is currently allowing you to combine the filtering system with a mail washer in their free version. This is how they plan to help you protect yourself from viruses and such; which is great for a free email service to block spam.
Disposable Email Addresses
Disposable email addresses are a great way to block spam. It basically works like this; it is an email address that is generally deletes itself when it finds that it attracts too much spam. It's a low cost way to not have to deal with it at all. The email deals with it for you.
I've enclosed a list of free versions of disposable emails.
" Sneak Email - http://www.sneakemail.com
" The Spam Motel - http://www.spammotel.com
" Morgle - http://www.fileheaven.com/morgle-email-link-address-service/download/12689.htm
" Mailmoat - http://www.mailmoat.com
Password Encryption
Encrypting your email passwords is a really good way to protect your inbox and block spam-mer Gangs. Spammer gangs are basically just a group of worldwide spammers that get together online to get into your inbox. However, that is not all they do.
Some spammers make it a point to break into your email and deliver worms, viruses, and Trojans into your inbox. They are cleverly disguised; usually as virus alerts. These types of spammers use hacking to get into your password. Believe it or not, spammers can access your inner email by using your profile and homepage information to access a password.
The best way for you to block spam and protect yourself is to use encrypted passwords because they are more complicated to figure out. They are a combination of letters and numbers in your password. For example; if you wanted your password to be sonny, you might want to type s56on976ny instead. It is a little bit annoying to try and remember these types of passwords, but believe me, they are harder to track.
The same rule applies if you want to use all numbers. It is best to add a few letters in it for the hell of it. Singular password are much easier for a hacker or spammer to dig into and decipher.
Block Spam - The Chain Letters
This is a small matter but one that I felt had to be included somewhere in this document. We all receive that chain letter in our email inbox. Just like when you receive them at home, you are expected to forward them to a certain number of people if you don't want to have bad luck.
I don't know of one person that had bad luck simply by ignoring the chain letter. Actually their luck improved because this effectively blocks spam. There was one particular spam mail that is used quite a bit and it gets more and more popular by the day. It works similar to a chain letter.
No matter what your chain letters say, DO NOT OPEN THEM! They are lies. By forwarding these types of emails, you are helping the spammers get even more viable email addresses. And since you are forwarding them to your friends, you have just allowed the spammers to get their claws on them too. You can't block spam by forwarding junk mail. Your friends will not thank you.
Block Spam : The Pleas from Down and Out Strangers
You have to admire the spammers interest in pulling at the heart strings in order to get your attention. These are the emails that come from strangers that are from some foreign country who are just looking for "donations" from kind people so that they can finish college or get an operation they desperately need.
These emails are always extremely polite and come from seemingly educated individuals who just need help to make their dreams come true. People must be falling for it since they are still coming out in full force.
You must be aware of these pleas for help because they are generally just spam scams. Think about it, how desperate can these people be for money if they can afford to mass email complete strangers? I don't know any person who is that poor but can afford a computer and the internet. Do you ever notice that none of these people even give you a viable home address? Block spam don't fall victim to scam artistes and spam artistes. The Internet is a great breeding ground for these kind of people.
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