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Fried Spam Recipe!
Many of you have recently told us you are being bombarded with useless garbage Spam.
You know, the truly rotten stuff that repeatedly finds it's way back to your inbox
day after day. Need some advice? Then sit right back and you'll hear a tale. A tale
of a faithful employee armed with just enough information to fry some spam.
1. Never "forward" or "reply" to spam email. Every time you reply you validate your
email address and will be added to more spam email lists.
2. Never "Unsubscribe" to spam email. Every time you do this you are adding yourself
to even more spam lists.
3. Just delete the spam email without reading it. You can usually tell spam from the
To address and/or the Subject.
4. Set up a filter to automatically delete know spam using your Outlook or Outlook
Express "organize" feature.
5. Never give out your email address while on-line to gain access to a website, or
for any other reason, unless you trust the source.
6. Never allow your email address to be included in "group" emails where everyone in
the group can see you email address. If you see your name in a long known group
list, email the sender to remove you at once.
Remember that spammers use tricks to send you their email. They will entice you
"Unsubscribe" or "reply". They will send you email that is actually addressed to
others and Blind Carbon Copied (BCC) to you. They will make the spam email look like
it came from someone else. You can not always trust the "From" address.
Spammers target their victims by collecting random email addresses from several
sources. Likely sources are from email you sent to unknown sources, email you
received from others as part of a group or list, and from forward emails that did
not have your email address removed first. Other sources are from completing on-line
forms and registering for FREE stuff on the internet, including daily joke and
picture email lists. Anytime you give out your email address you are increasing the
risk of receiving more spam. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN GIVING OUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO
UNKNOWN SOURCES.
Thanks
Richard
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Originally Posted by richardys
