SAVE YOUR SELF FROM SPAM
Spam is not only the inbox filling menance we all know but it can get pretty dangerous too. It resource hogs ISP(internet servive providers) and Spam can use exploits in Internet Explorer and download stuff into your pc that you might not want.
1)make two email ids one private for friends and relations.DONOT circulate this id to strangers and websites for their newsletters.
2)make another id providing false info and crazy usernames like "deadpope_xi"(no offence ment to anyone) etc. to circulate among websites for their newsletters.
3)If your writing a walkthrough,post like this one,whitepaper,tutorial etc. where you must include the email id in the TEXT(not refering to the ones in your profile which must be clicked to be veiwed) use the following format:
"xyz(a)abc.com
replace (a) with @"
this keeps mialerbots at bay. also for increased security include your public id here and not your private one.
4) Some sites state in their privacy policies that even after you unsubscribe trom their newsletter or similar service which requiers them to mail stuff to you they will take 70-90 days to "process your request". indirectly it means be preparde to face spam from them for over a month. Best provide such sites with the 2nd email id which is your public mail id.
5)lastly for god's sake lookfor email service providers with spam filters.
those with already existing id where they recieve a mix of improtant and junk mails take the pains of making a new id and mailing it mannually to all your inportant contacts so that only important mails land up in it.
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surf safe