How To Control Spam, Use Spam Blockers and Spam Killers

Spam is a problem for all of us. It is not going to go away. No matter what you do, you will eventually get spam. There is no privacy. For example, banks, large companies and others that you would expect to protect your privacy get you involved in what is called White Collar Spam. And that leads to the typical porn and business opportunity spam. You will get it. It is just a matter of time and a matter of how much.

We get over 500 spam messages per day to just one computer. We can't eliminate it. But we have it controlled. This tutorial tells you how you can control it.

Here is an excerpt from a New York Times Article that gives you one example of how spam gets started. The complete article is at href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/28/technology/28SPAM.html?hp Spam Control.

"Some five years ago, Mr. Rathbun bought a Palm hand-held organizer and, in registering it on Palm's Web site, gave the company an e-mail address he never used for anything else. Initially his in-box received only offers for products related to the organizer, but eventually he started getting advertising from some well-known companies like Bank of America, SBC Communications and Sprint. Lately, that one address alone has been receiving dozens of e-mails a month offering everything from travel clubs to acne remedies."

Spam is a fact of life and all of us have to come to the realization that it is here to stay. And that means that we have to learn how to live with it. To live with it, you must control it or it will overwhelm you.

Take the first step by blocking spam. There are many spam guard programs that you can use to block spam. They can generally be categorized as spam blockers, spam killers, spam eliminators, spam filters, and spam detectors. There are also technical solutions to blocking spam that can be used if you have a little technical savvy.

But knowing which to choose and how to use the various systems to stop spam mail is necessary if you want to effectively get rid of spam. This page gives techniques and information about anti spam solutions that you may use to protect yourself, your business and your children from spam. The goal is to make you spam free. And by making spam less effective, you join us as a spam buster.

When you look for information on the web you must often leave an email address to get that information. But that leaves you open to spam email - even if the company has a strict privacy policy and promises that you will not get spam. If you hate spam email like I hate spam mail, you will be reluctant to leave any email messages anywhere for fear of being put on a spam list.

Beyond that if you have a web site or post to a discussion list, spam email spiders will gather your email address and add it to a spam list.

But if you take a little time, you can easily find a spam remedy. The first step is to block spam before it ever gets to your computer. You can use a free spam blocker or spam stopper to do this. If you have a single email account and want free spam software, it is available.

Here are some examples of spam control procedures and spam elimination programs that you can use to become spam free. The procedures can be as simple as using a free spam filter or other free anti spam software or spam blocking software. Or they can be as complex as purchasing multiple domains to gather sort and filter your email.

But regardless of your level of expertise, you should have your own anti spam program.

If You Are Not Technically Oriented.

First stop spam before it gets to your computer. That is extremely important because many virus are transported in spam. People add spy ware (programs that can monitor your every keystroke) to spam messages.

We use the MailWasher. It is extremely effective and it has saved us a lot of time. It stops most spam before it ever gets to us. We recommend it highly. You can use it on one email account free. Do try this.

You more information and a spam blocker by clicking here.

Regardless of your spam blocking system, some of it will get through to your computer. Now you set up the filters in your email program. It has filters. You can set up a series of mailboxes with filters to divert suspected spam to a mailbox for later reference. Or you can simply set your filters to trash spam email messages from given addresses.

Setting up anti spam filters is easy. Just go to the help section in your email program and follow the instructions for setting up a filter.

We have found the Eudora email program to be the best spam handler. We also like it because it is generally not affected by all the virus that attack the Microsoft email programs.

You can get Eudora free. They also have an upgrade with a spam handler that diverts spam into a junk mailbox for review. The upgrade costs $49. Download Eudora here.

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