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Stop SPAM eMail Once & For All : Free Guide
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What
About Free Email Providers?
Some free email
service providers have some pretty good blockers’ services
to accommodate you a bit better. My favorite is the free
version of Hotmail provided by msn. Don’t get me wrong, plenty
of the free email service providers are trying to get on
top of the spam epidemic.
With this free
email service, you can set up your account to keep only your
personal contacts in your email inbox. The rest of the emails
automatically go to a junk mail folder that you can check
out at your own time. If you don’t check them within seven
days, they are automatically deleted.
The msn messenger,
which is used to send instant messages to people, can be
checked by right clicking the messenger icon. If you have
received email from your contacts it will show you and you
can go directly to your inbox by left clicking the messages
text. If you have junk mail it doesn’t show up. It is perfect.
Of course your
junk mail section can still receive spam, but now it is at
your own leisure that you check them out. Yahoo has a similar
system, but with the Yahoo messenger instead. This method
is not fool proof, but it is still pretty good if you don’t
want to spend the extra money for new software.
Free email providers
like Yahoo and MSN are very good providers because they are
very intent on keeping spam out of your inbox. They are just
as interested in protecting your account as you are because
they want you to use them as your primary email address.
Yahoo even has its very own site for you to look up that
includes information about spam. To get this information
see http://www.yahoo.com/spam
Most of the free
email service providers have similar filters as MSN. They
let you control the accepted content, which is exactly what
I would advise you to have. They let you decide which mail
to let through. MSN Hotmail is currently allowing you to
combine the filtering system with a mail washer in their
free version. This is how they plan to help you protect yourself
from viruses and such; which is great for a free service.
Disposable
Email Addresses
Disposable email
addresses are a great way to deal with spam. It basically
works like this; it is an email address that is generally
deletes itself when it finds that it attracts too much spam.
It’s a low cost way to not have to deal with it at all. The
email deals with it for you. I’ve enclosed a list of free
versions of disposable emails.
• Sneak Email
- http://www.sneakemail.com
• The Spam Motel - http://www.spammotel.com
• Morgle - http://www.fileheaven.com/morgle-email-link-address-service/download/12689.htm
• Mailmoat - http://www.mailmoat.com
Password
Encryption
Encrypting your
email passwords is a really good way to protect your inbox
from spammer Gangs. Spammer gangs are basically just a group
of worldwide spammers that get together online to get into
your inbox. However, that is not all they do.
Some spammers
make it a point to break into your email and deliver worms,
viruses, and Trojans into your inbox. They are cleverly disguised;
usually as virus alerts. These types of spammers use hacking
to get into your password. Believe it or not, spammers can
access your inner email by using your profile and homepage
information to access a password.
The best way for
you to protect yourself is to use encrypted passwords because
they are more complicated to figure out. They are a combination
of letters and numbers in your password. For example; if
you wanted your password to be sonny, you might want to type
s56on976ny instead. It is a little bit annoying to try and
remember these types of passwords, but believe me, they are
harder to track.
The same rule
applies if you want to use all numbers. It is best to add
a few letters in it for the hell of it. Singular password
is much easier for a hacker or spammer to dig into and decipher.
 
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