TOP 25 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR ANTI-SPAM | TOP TIPS AND TRICKS

TOP 25 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR ANTI-SPAM
TOP TIPS AND TRICKS


Spam, spam and spam. How to avoid spam, how to filter spam, and how to complain about spam are the items on this menu of junk mail fighting tips.



 
1. Ignore Delivery Failures of Messages You Did Not Send

If you wonder why you are getting delivery failures for messages you know you did not send, the cause may be a worm or a spammer, and it's probably not on your computer.

2. How to Report Spam with SpamCop

Complain about spam the right way easily with SpamCop, which does all the analyzing for you and generates a perfect complaint email, too.

3. Disguise Your Email Address in Newsgroups, Forums, Blog Comments, Chat

Make it more difficult for spammers to get your address by obfuscating it when you use it in newsgroups, forums and the like.

4. How to Stop Spam with Disposable Email Addresses

Once your email address gets in the hands of spammers, you will get spam. Lots of it. Find out how to use disposable email addresses to dispose of spam (and spammers) effectively.

5. How Long, Complicated Email Addresses Beat Spammers

Spam will, eventually, make it to any mailbox. Any? Here's how to make it hard for spammers to guess your address.

6. Know the Email Address for Spam Complaints

Complain about spam to the right person.

7. How to Use Disposable Email Addresses at Your Web Site

Disposable email addresses can put an end to the spam you get from mentioning your email address on your home page.

8. Whether or Not to Unsubscribe from Spam

If junk mail that lands in your email inbox contains unsubscription instructions, does it make sense to follow them?

9. Use a Good Anti-Spam Program

Achieve a near spam-free email account by employing one of the great anti-spam tools that filter junk mail using all kinds of clever strategies.

10. Don't Use Your Primary Email Address to Sign Up for Anything

You never know what might happen to an email address you use to sign up for Web sites or newsletters. It might be passed on to spammers.

11. Domain Owners: Set up Throwaway Addresses to Fight Spam

Create email addresses for use in sign-up forms on the fly to identify — and radically ban — sources of spam.

12. Mail with "ADV" in the Subject is Spam

Messages that have "ADV" in the Subject are likely spam (or would you use it in any message?).

13. How to Filter Spam Using ISP-Supplied Junk Mail Headers

Maybe your Internet Service Provider runs a spam filter that changes messages subtly if it believes they are junk. Here's how to make use of this simple yet effective line of spam defense.

14. How to Submit Spam to SpamCop via Email

The shortest way from your Inbox to SpamCop is by forwarding your spam to SpamCop for analysis.

15. Don't Use "This is Spam" to Unsubscribe

The "This is Spam" button is an easy and effective way to get rid of spam, but you should make sure you use it only for spam. Otherwise, bad karma may not be the only unpleasant consequence.

16. Don't Delete Spam Automatically

Make sure you get to see all the mail you want. Spam filters are not perfect, so they may produce false positives and delete legitimate mail.

17. How to Report Spam Comfortably with SpamCop

One after the other. Here's how to complain about spam comfortably and efficiently using SpamCop.

18. Assume Mail from Unknown Senders is Spam

I don't know you... you must be a spammer! Here's how to use your email address book to identify and filter spam.

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19. Watch Out for Those Checkboxes

Make sure you don't opt in for emails you don't want, and watch out for checkboxes when you submit any form on a Web site.

20. How to Make Sure Your ISP Doesn't Filter Your Newsletters as Spam

In a laudable effort to curb down on spam, many Internet Service Providers are filtering junk mail before it can reach you, and sometimes catch good mail, too. Here's how to talk to your ISP to make sure you're getting all your favorite newsletters without interruption.

21. How to Use Bayesian Spam Filtering to Get Rid of Junk Email

Get rid of spam reliably, precisely and effortlessly with statistical means.

22. Do Not Believe Spammers When They Say "You Requested"

You requested this tip, believe me. Spammers try to convince you that you requested their stuff, too.

23. Do Not Buy from Spammers

Spammers are in it for the money. Here's what you can do (and should not do) to help make spam go away while letting email flow freely.

24. Do Not Threaten Violence to Spammers

Is fighting violence with more severe violence a good idea?

25. Spam is Named After Monty Python's Spam Skit

Why unsolicited email is called spam. And spam.