What can I do to keep spammers from getting my email? |
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Since spammers do not usually get your email
address directly from you, but rather indirectly via the web or
other service, there is no truly direct way to keep a spammer from
getting your email address. However, there are many steps you can
take to make it difficult for a spammer to find your email address
on the web:
- Don't publish your
email on the web: The only way to keep
your email address truly private is to not publish it on the web
in any form. This is usually not a very feasible option, because
many of us would like people who want to access your email address
for legitimate reasons find it.
- Be conservative with
who you give your information to: Many websites and
online services these days will ask you for your email address
when you register or visit their site. If you do sign up with any
of these services, make sure that they have a privacy statement
that will ensure that your email address is not given out to
anyone that you don't want it to be given out to.
- DO NOT reply to spam emails: Although it may sometimes be tempting to reply out of anger or frustration to an unsolicited email attacking the sender, it can sometimes lead to more serious problems. First, your email address may be sent to other spammers using the same email account, causing your email address to appear on more lists, and give you more spam mail. Also, if the account name that the spammer is using is actually someone else's (this is easy to do), you may be sending an unsuspecting computer user an unnecessary email.
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