If you are in anyway up with the times, email is an important part of your life. You cannot live with it (because of spam) and you cannot live without it. If an email address is out there and visible you can bet it will end up on a spammers list for sure. Common ways spammers get their list are:
Hacking servers and stealing databases from poorly protected accounts. Harvesting software that will scour the Internet and take any email that is posted on a forum or website. Dictionary attack.If you use one of the free email services to create a new account, do a little test. Create a new email address and then wait a few days. It is almost a guarantee that you will have email waiting for you from a spammer unless you have used some of the tips I outline below.
To combat against this problem there are a few things you can do that will greatly reduce the spam you receive.
I recommend you have two email addresses. One will be your private email that only the very important can have. The second will be used for all other email needs like when you go shopping and they ask you for an email address to receive coupons or when you want to sign up for a news letter or forum. This way you will only check the second one when you need your coupons or you have to click a confirmation link or what ever you signed up for. You know that no other real email will be coming to this box so you can simply delete all the mail everyday without having to go through each one.
The second email is for your inner circle and work contacts. This email will not go out to anyone other than a select few and thereby giving you piece of mind that no spammer will be mailing you - hopefully!
When you pick your name make sure it is a combination of you first and last name along with a few numbers. Spammers love to pick popular names like John, Mary, Mike and etc.
Then they simply add numbers starting with 1 to the name, easily creating a list of hundreds of thousands of emails to spam too. So it's much better to use your fist initial and then last name or first name and then last initial and then a random number. You also want to go to your email settings and set up filters to help block unwanted mail. You will never be able to completely stop spam, but by follow these few simple rules you can greatly reduce the spam you receive to your private email address.
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