4 Ways To Eliminate Spam.
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Right from Viagra to Software Download, from non-English character mails to Phishing emails, Spam is hot and vibrant, and of course, in plenty. Some of the studies say that an average mail box is getting 3600 spam mails per day. Last year it was around 2400. With this rate, soon 9 out of 10 mails may be spam.
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 was supposed to eliminate spam email. This federal spam law that became effective January 1, 2004, was passed by Congress to get rid of junk email.
So why didn’t the law eliminate spam and why is it so difficult to stop it? Still today, more than 40% of all e-mail is still unsolicited sent to you by spammers even though that law passed.
First of all, we must understand that majority of these mails which we term as Spam, are source of livelihood for the senders. With global market and intense competition in every business, newer marketing tools are required to sell the services. Marketers of the new generation have targeted Mobiles and Emails as the latest weapons.
The truth is email spammers make so much money they can afford to outsmart The Federal Trade Commission with sophisticated technology.
It is almost impossible to enforce this law although a few do get caught and pay the huge price.
Spam is not likely to go away anytime soon, and it’s difficult to eliminate spam email altogether.
The obvious reason is that messages sent using these services will get the attention of the recipient at least one. No one ignores his emails and mobile phones. Such is the penetration that companies spend millions of its marketing expenditure on these tools.
But there are some simple ways to significantly reduce spam from getting into your inbox.
Here are Four Fighting Spam Tips:
Protect Your Email Address.
Blasting Emails. The common way to send the spam mails is by searching for the domains and sending unsolicited emails on the most common email ids like support, info, sales etc. Further, the spammers use the dictionary software to generate random names and send emails.
Don’t display your email address in newsgroup postings, chat rooms or in an online service’s membership directory. Sometimes email spammers use these sources to harvest email addresses.
Create Two Email Addresses.
Another good tip is create two email addresses.
Email Lists and Subscription. Not all, but some of the online marketers also earn money by selling the email lists. These lists change hands just like the mobile numbers and new buyer starts sending the spam mails instantly.
Create one for personal messages and the other for public use, such as in newsgroups or chat rooms.
You can create an account with a disposable email address service. Have those emails forwarded to your permanent email address.
Live Email ID. Some advanced techniques are also used to see if the email ids are live or not. Some mails may have pictures which are linked to some site. If the pictures are downloaded, they get to know that the email has been viewed. Other popular technique is by sending an unsubscribe link. Once you start the opt-out process, you will stop getting spam from the original sender, but start getting mails from a different marketer. Jut like porn sites, these email marketers have a great resource sharing network.
If the disposable address begins to get spam, just shut if off and get another one.
Create A Unique Email Address.
Create a unique email address because email spammers often use dictionary attacks to sort through possible name combinations at some Internet Service Providers. A common name, like johnsmith or thewilliams may get more spam than a unique name like 37xi6OWt8.
Type of Spam Mails – Dangers associated with them. There are several types of mails which are being circulated these days. Most of these emails have some intent associate with it.
Use Email Tools.
Most email accounts provide tools to filter out potential spam or ways to channel spam into a bulk email folder.
Product Promotion Mails. These emails are harmless in the sense that it doesn’t do any harm to you system. But they eat up your precious web space and your important mails get lost among the pile of junk.
When you’re choosing which Internet Service Provider to use consider their email options.
Although these simple methods might seem obvious, most people do not utilize them. You may be surprised how much junk email you can get rid of just by using these simple tips.
Phishing Emails. These are the most dangerous of them all. These mails provide you with the replica of popular online banking webpage, credit card account pages, pay pal or eBay account pages. The user put in their sensitive information like bank account numbers, passwords, credit card numbers, CVV etc in these pages… [read more]
If you decide to eliminate spam altogether all it takes is installing an anti spam filter. Most are reasonably priced between $25 and $40 depending on where you get it. A good anti spam filter will block 100% of unwanted spam and will eliminate spam forever.
Source: www.spyware-information.com
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