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Stop Spam
Here are three things you can to do slow down the flow of spam into your email box.
- Never give your email address out to any commercial site. If a site requires a mailbox, use a Hotmail or Yahoo free account. This is helpful if you need to do business with the site, such as www.amazon.com. For sites that you don't want to do business with, and never need to get any kind of email from, just use a phony address like noone@nowhere.com.
- Do not reply to spam! I have some customers who think if they “unsubscribe” from the spam or junk email they will take them off their mailing list. They won't! Not only will they not stop, but they will mark your address as a "hot one" and sell your address to other spammers.
- Change your email address on a regular basis. I know that sounds pretty crummy, but most ISPs will allow you to create several email addresses. Keep a list of your trusted users and send them your new email address when you change it. When your old mailbox fills up, it'll send back "non deliverable" messages back to the spammer. Over time, the old address will fall off the spammer lists since it's inactive.