{"id":6055,"date":"2020-08-14T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T10:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezilon.com\/topics\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2021-09-28T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T13:59:09","slug":"reclaim-your-inbox-strategies-to-slow-the-flow-of-spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezilon.com\/topics\/reclaim-your-inbox-strategies-to-slow-the-flow-of-spam\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclaim Your Inbox: Strategies To Slow The Flow Of Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you look forward to opening your e-mail inbox only to find it full of junk mail? Here are some tips and information that will help reduce the amount of spam (unwanted junk e-mail) arriving in your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is spam?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spam is UCE – unsolicited commercial e-mail. Or any e-mail sent to the e-mail address that you did not request, from somebody that you did not have a prior association with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They do not have your permission to send you advertising by e-mail and you did not ask to be added to their mailing list. Spam is usually sent to thousands of people at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Sero-Group.com, the first report of spamming occurred on 1 May 1978 by a computer sales representative in the US, but the term spam was not used until April 1994 when two US lawyers tried to promote an illegal lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it called spam?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name spam was derived from a Monty Python comedy show which depicted a restaurant serving Spam (the canned ham variety) as a side dish to every item on the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This indicated that you would be receiving something whether you wanted it or not. Hence the term spam applying to unwanted junk e-mails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do spammers get your e-mail address?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typically spammers use software programs that scan web pages and newsgroups for any word or piece of text that contains an ‘@’ symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is commonly referred to as harvesting. The software collects these addresses and stores them in databases on the spammer’s computer, which the spammer then loads into a bulk-mailing program used to send out the spam messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open an extra e-mail account<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use a free e-mail account for junk (signing up for newsletters, free offers, downloads). Some sites that provide this type of service are Hotmail.com, Yahoo.com, and GMail.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are hundreds of others so be sure to compare their features and select the one that will suit your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the amount of spam starts to get out of control you can start a new free account and cancel the over-spammed one. Only give your personal e-mail address, the one supplied by your ISP, to friends and relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add some blanks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another method is to insert blank spaces before and after the ‘@’ symbol in your e-mail address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place a small note under it instructing visitors to copy and paste the address into a new message and remove the blank spaces before sending their message to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This won’t allow the e-mail address to be clicked like a normal e-mail link, but the principle is easy enough for anyone to follow (this is commonly called a munged address).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not respond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never reply to or buy anything offered in a spam message.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t want the spammer to know that you have received their message as this will only encourage them to continue sending spam, and it will also keep your e-mail address as ‘current and deliverable’ on their mailing list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not click any unsubscribe links in a spam message. Most of these links are false or will again confirm to the spammer that a live person owns that e-mail address.


Set up real mailboxes
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If you have your own web site and domain name never use a catch-all e-mail configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A catch-all setup will effectively catch-all e-mails that are sent to that domain, even if they are not addressed correctly, for example, joohn@yourdomain.com, and will forward all e-mail to a nominated e-mail address, usually your ISP account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spammers will simply make up different e-mail addresses at your domain and see if they are deliverable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, they will add these addresses to their mailing lists (many of which are sold to other spammers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be careful with spam filters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you or your ISP uses a spam filter make sure you add all wanted e-mail addresses to your white list (a list of acceptable senders).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spam filter will then allow e-mails from these addresses to reach your inbox. IMediaConnection.com states that approximately 38% of all wanted e-mail is currently getting blocked by spam filters.

Use extra caution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your bank or financial institution will never ask for your Internet banking password or credit card details in an e-mail message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither will they ask you to update these details through a link to a web page. Messages like these will always be spam and should be reported to your bank. Never reply or click any links in these types of messages.

SIDEBAR
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During World War II Spam (the canned variety) was a food staple for soldiers. The name is an acronym formed from ‘SPiced haM’ or ‘Shoulder Pork and haM’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2004 spam accounted for more than 45% of all e-mail sent, with the daily average number of spam sent to be approximately 15 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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