SpamStopping.com’s Golden Rules
3 Thing You Should Never Do
1 - Don’t send spam. You’re probably thinking, “that’s obvious; it doesn’t need to be on the list,” but unfortunately, many people send spam without realizing what they’re doing. Have you ever forwarded an email to your entire address book because you thought it would help find a lost child or result in money being sent to all your friends? It’s spam. Or do you automatically add senders to your email address book and then send an announcement of a sale? It’s spam. Those might not fit the legal definition of spam, but most of us don’t welcome such messages.
2 - Never respond to spam. No matter how tempting the offer, never respond to spam by clicking on links, making purchases, or even by replying with an angry missile intended to teach the spammer a thing or two. Any response identifies your email address as a “live” address (one where a real live person is actually reading the email) and making it a very valuable addition to lists that are sold to other spammers. And purchasing from spammers serves to encourage them to continue their practices.
3 - Don’t leave yourself unprotected. If you aren’t at least using a virus protection program that scans your email, you’re leaving yourself vulnerable as well as putting the rest of us at risk (because if your computer is infected, you may send the virus without even knowing it.). You should also be using a good spam filtering program - one that filters out the junk email without filtering out the messages you want.
These 3 steps will go a long way towards helping you cope with incoming spam. They’re just the beginning though… there’s a lot more you need to do.