| Spam is a term used to describe the sending | | | | public email address when signing up for services |
| unsolicited messages indiscriminately in bulk by | | | | online, any spammers that capture the address |
| means of electronic media. E-mail is the usual | | | | will send email here and not to your private |
| vehicle for Spam often advertising products like | | | | address. You only need to check the account |
| cheap prescription drugs and discounted computer | | | | when you are expecting something, for example |
| software.Confidence tricks have also found as | | | | a confirmation email from a website, and the rest |
| new lease of life through e-mail. I think many of | | | | of the time it can safely be ignored.Report Spam |
| us know of the email from a government official, | | | | Abusers:Spammers are using very sophisticated |
| usually from Nigeria asking to use your bank | | | | techniques to hide their true identities, which |
| account to move money and promising a big | | | | makes it very difficult to hold them to account |
| cut.The first traces of unsolicited e-mail date back | | | | for their behaviour. One thing that you can do is |
| to 1978 and the term itself has its roots from a | | | | report them to the ISP where the message |
| Monty Python sketch on TV. In the sketch set in | | | | originated from (be careful this may not be the |
| a café's, every item on the menu comes | | | | same as the domain the spam purports to be |
| with Spam Luncheon meat. When a customer | | | | from) Hopefully , the ISP will close the spammers |
| asks for something without spam, the waiter | | | | account, or take action to secure their systems |
| merely reiterates the Spam filled menu. So now | | | | against future abuse. Spam cop provide a handy |
| you know. They even made a song about it.Even | | | | service on their website to help you report spam |
| though there has been media coverage of the | | | | emails to their originating ISP.Block images being |
| problems with spam, there is little legal recourse | | | | displayed in HTML messages:Very often |
| to stop spammers targeting you. So what do you | | | | spammers will send HTML email messages with |
| do?Never ever respond to a spam e-mail:Spam | | | | images embedded into the text. These images |
| e-mail may often contain a link along the lines of | | | | are called web beacons and are not actually sent |
| "click here if you don't want to receive these | | | | with the email, but are linked from a website. |
| e-mails in the future". Rather than removing you | | | | When your email program tries to display the |
| from the list it confirms to the spammer that | | | | message, it goes to the web server hosting the |
| your address is valid and that there is someone | | | | image and requests that it is sent. The spammer |
| reading the messages. Once a spammer knows | | | | use this request to confirm that you r email is |
| this it makes your address valuable if they sell it | | | | valid and is being read this makes it much more |
| on, and will result in you getting even more spam | | | | valuable to them. Many email programs have a |
| e-mails.Never publicise your e-mail address:By only | | | | facility to prevent images from being displayed |
| giving out your address to trusted family and | | | | unless you specifically request to see them.One |
| friends you can keep email address safe. This will | | | | final piece of advice is use the filtering tools |
| make it harder for spammers to get hold of it. If | | | | provided by your email program to set up black |
| your are posting to forums or the like, never use | | | | and white lists. On the black lists you put known |
| your real address. Many spammers use programs | | | | spam addresses and have them sent to a specific |
| that trawl through web pages harvesting all of the | | | | folder, such as Junk, the white takes addresses |
| e-mail addresses that they find. If you have to | | | | from your address book as those you would like |
| enter an e-mail address when posting on a | | | | to receive mail from.Nothing is ever fool proof |
| discussion forum, disguise it. For example, remove | | | | against spammers but following the rules above |
| the @ symbol, instead spelling the address out as | | | | considerably reduces your vulnerability to |
| your name (at) your domain com.Set up a new | | | | ***************************** |
| public e-mail address:When signing up for online | | | | Create fantastic e-books and audio e-books |
| services or forums create a new public email | | | | without any knowledge of HTML etc. The "Dead |
| address to use. There are many companies that | | | | Easy E-Book" creator visit for more info plus |
| provide free web mail addresses. By using your | | | | other great software. |