| There are many simple truths in today's world, and | | | | your way and also to possibly sell your email address |
| one of them is that if you have an email address | | | | as part of a mailing list. |
| then you've received spam. Spam is the common | | | | There are ways to deal with the spam problem. A lot |
| word for the unsolicited emails that we receive. Spam | | | | of Internet or email providers have a spam blocker |
| can be annoying, who wants to open their email up | | | | that is already on your email account and just needs |
| to see 200 messages and find out only seven are | | | | to be activated or configured. For details on doing |
| from people you know. Spam can also be fraudulent | | | | this you'll want to contact your provider. Another |
| attempts to get personal or business information | | | | way to minimize your spam problem is to get an |
| from you (this practice is sometimes referred to as | | | | alternate email address. Many people have their main |
| "phishing"). | | | | email account be the one that is furnished by their |
| If you are familiar with or have had communication | | | | company or their Internet/email provider, but then |
| before with a company that is currently sending you | | | | get a secondary email address from a company that |
| unsolicited emails, then usually the best practice is to | | | | provides free email accounts (Yahoo, GMail, Hotmail, |
| reply to them and ask to be removed from the email | | | | for example). They then use this secondary email |
| list. Sometimes there will even be a link at the | | | | account as the email address they sign up for |
| bottom of the email saying something to the effect | | | | newsletters and other things with. When that email |
| of "click here to be removed from this list". | | | | account gets too bogged down with spam, they just |
| If, however, you are receiving unsolicited email from | | | | register a new secondary email account. |
| a company or person who you are not familiar with | | | | Unsolicited emails can be a problem, in some cases a |
| and have not communicated with before then do not | | | | big problem, but just be aware of how to handle |
| contact them. Many times replying to these types of | | | | them. Don't allow the senders to know they are |
| emails, or clicking their links to be removed from their | | | | sending to an authentic email address and never |
| email list, is just a way of verifying to them that it is | | | | provide personal or account information to these |
| an actual working email address that they are sending | | | | senders if replying. |
| to. This only encourages them to send more spam | | | | |