How not to get spam

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Here are some tips on how not to get spam. I use some of these tips myself. This post also goes along with my post from yesterday about the bayesian anti-spam program that I have been using for years.

Instead of using your primary email you should be using secondary email account for signups on the web. You can use hotmail, gmail, yahoo. Most of the time your ISP will give you multiple email accounts.
Don’t post your email address on web forms. You can right your email address like yourname+myisp.com instead of yourname@myisp.com. The bots will find your email and start spamiming you.
You should be using a spam filter like the one that I wrote about yesterday. I use a program called SpamBayes. This is bayesian filter and it is on the client end. Some providers will have their own spam filtering and you should call them to see if they provide that.
If you do get some spam don’t ever reply to it. If you reply to the email it tells the spammers that your address is valid. You just want to delete the email.
You should not buy anything from the spam email that you receive because they can steal your information.

I hope these tips will help you fight the spam battle that has been plaguing you.

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