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How to stop spam and plan accordingly.

Spam can drive anyone crazy and ince you are inundated with it there is very little you can do. But there are steps you can take to prevent it and minimize it from overloading your email in box. Protect your e-mail address. Spammers either buy lists of e-mail addresses or use software programs that mine the addresses from the Internet.

Do not post your email address in discussion groups, on websites, chat rooms, blogs, etc. If you do this the odds are that it will end up on one or more of these lists. If you feel compelled to post your email anyway then write it this way: example(at)example.com.

Set up multiple e-mail accounts. If you want to have a public email account and a private email account then this is a great way to achieve this. Only give your private account to close friends and family.

Use spam filters. Many e-mail programs, such as Outlook, have built-in tools that block messages sent from certain addresses or that filter messages based on keywords you define. Filtering tools in Outlook use anti-spam software. You can install special software designed to eliminate spam. Some work by matching incoming messages against a list of known spammers; others block messages that don't match a pre-approved list of acceptable addresses. Most e-mail programs now have built-in spam filters. We recommend Thunderbird which is made by the same people that have introduced firefox. It is a great open source email client and it is free.

Don't respond to spammers, this only eggs them on. Help stomp it out by boycotting them. Don't buy their products regardless of how enticing the offers may be. Some clever spammers include instructions at the bottom of the message on how to remove your name from their list. The worse thing you can do is to reply. Why? Because this tells the spammer that you read your mail and that your address is valid. The result may be that you get even more junk mail. .