How much would you like to eliminate spam from your life? Most people hate spam emails. Here are a few suggestions for you.
Using your primary email address -- I have recently stopped using my primary email address for signing up to receive newsletters, e-courses or free reports. I now use my Google Mail or Yahoo Mail accounts for that. I have not had a big problem with spam emails, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
Revealing your email address online -- Never type your email address in a blog or forum post where spammers can see it and swipe it. To check if your address is displayed anywhere on the internet, just enter it into a search engine and click search. If there are no search results, your email address is safe. If not, then try to remove it from the web pages where it can be found.
Use secondary email addresses -- Get one or more free email accounts and use those accounts when signing up for newsletters etc. You should only use your primary email address to receive online mail from friends, family and business partners you can trust. If one of those accounts get compromised by spam, then delete it or create another email address to use.
Computer viruses -- They are regularly spread by being attached to electronic junk mail. It is good advice to scan your email for viruses when you download it of before opening any attached files or images. Once the virus has infected your computer it may cause system failures or scan your files for private information. Secure information may then be revealed to the spammer who sent the virus or something similar.
Never click on spam mail or buy anything -- When you see unsolicited junk mail in your inbox, do not open it and never buy the products being advertised. You should either delete it, report it to your internet service provider or the correct authorities.
Opt-out address -- You should make sure that any newsletter you sign up for does not share your address with other third parties and that it contains a way to cancel your subscription to it. You may start to receive unwanted messages from other third parties when signing up for a newsletter.
Choose a safer email address -- This is something I should have done in the past. I did not know that it is safer to avoid using something like 'myname@mydomain.com'. I usually just avoided prefixes such as 'webmaster' and 'contact'. I will have to remember this for future email accounts. Spammers can use a technique called dictionary spamming to send spam to commonly used address names. It is kind of like using a shotgun instead of a rifle. They hope they hit something and they often do.
Avoid certain web sites -- You should avoid visiting adult, gaming and gambling web sites because they can be regular hiding places for viruses and spammers. Rather avoid these kinds of sites when you can.
These were just a few of the many suggestions you can study and practice in order to eliminate spam from your life.
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