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Anti Spam Tips
Techniques to stop spam fall into two categories: Filtering out spam and minimizing the exposure of your email addresses.
| Anti-Spam Tips | Reason |
|---|---|
| Use unusual email addresses. | Some spammers use computer programs to guess at email addresses. So use unusual email addresses containing numbers and letters. |
| Don't provide email address over IM. | Do not send your email address through chat rooms, instant message services, Internet bulletin boards and newsgroups. |
| Provide a form not an email address. | If you want to enable users of your website to contact you online, provide a form. Make sure the "send to" email address is not contained in the page HTML, but in the form processing script. |
| Never reply to spam messages. | Never reply to spam messages even when they entice you to reply to "remove" you from their mailing lists. Often the instructions are either fraudulent, or a way to collect more addresses. Replying confirms to the spammers that your e-mail address is active, and you may receive even more spam. |
| Use fake addresses. | Most web-based sign-up forms require an e-mail address. If you don't want to hear from the site (and don't need a confirmation e-mail or tech support), don't give a real address. |
| Opt out. | When you do sign up for or buy something online and you have to give out an email address, remember to opt out of everything that you're not absolutely sure you want to receive. |
| Never submit personal information to non-secure web sites. | Never submit your credit card details or other personal information to non-secure web sites (there should be a locked padlock icon that appears in yellow, or in a yellow box, on the bottom bar of the order form web browser). |
| Use a Think Profits.com Spam Firewall. | Even if you follow the above, you're still going to receive spam. By installing a Think Profits.com Spam Firewall, your company's spam will be immediately reduced. Try it today and reclaim your email. |
