"How to get rid of spam" - this question is asked every day by millions of Internet users who are forced to spend their (including working) time looking for the necessary letters in the hundreds of spam mailings that appear in their mailboxes every day. There is no universal anti-spam tool, however, following a number of simple rules, you can almost completely exclude unwanted messages from entering your mailbox.
It is necessary
- - a computer
- - access to the Internet
Instructions
Step 1
Rule one. Never leave your email address anywhere other than verified Internet resources. Resources that respect themselves and their users will never transfer the database with email addresses to third parties. In addition, on quality resources, you can usually hide your personal data from prying eyes, including your email address.
Step 2
The second rule. If you need to share your email address on any open resource, for example, on a forum, you cannot give it directly. If your address is [email protected], then write it, for example, like this: user [dog] domain [dot] ru. The less standardized you describe your address, the less likely it is that spambots will be able to read it and enter it into their mailing list
Step 3
Rule three. When registering on any Internet resources that require entering an email address (now there are most of them), always pay attention to the conditions and checkboxes at the bottom of the registration form. Very often it will contain items like “I agree to receive our newsletter”. In most cases, you will not be at all interested in receiving such letters, feel free to uncheck the boxes next to these items. If registration without subscribing to the newsletter is impossible, you can almost always find a similar in functionality, but more decent resource.
Step 4
Rule four. Never reply to spam emails, even if they say "to unsubscribe from our mailing list, just reply to this letter." Your reply will be processed by a spam robot that will mark your email address as "live", that is, active, and instead of one letter a day, you will soon receive a hundred.
Step 5
The fifth rule. If spam does sometimes reach your mailbox, do not delete unwanted messages, it is better to always use the "mark as spam" function. Good email services such as Google Mail (Gmail), Yandex. Mail, etc. have built-in spam protection that can be "trained". Each letter you mark will be analyzed by the anti-spam system, and soon similar letters will no longer be sent to your mail.
