[Hidden-tech] Anti-spam help

[Chris Hoogendyk]

Rikk Desgres wrote:
> The easiest thing to do is change your email address. I know it’s a 
> hassle, but it WILL kill your spam. I suggest getting 2 email 
> addresses, one for buisiness/personal email only and another one where 
> you sign up for web forums and buy things with. That way your main 
> email stays clean. And DON’T put it on the web EVER.

One thing I neglected in my previous post, but this brings it up again.

The strategy Rikk recommends is good as part of the game. However, email 
addresses also get harvested from PCs that get infected by viruses and 
trojans. So, you can have an address that never gets used on the web but 
still gets hit by spam. It's because someone among your correspondents 
got infected.

There's no perfect solution. You need a variety of good behaviors, good 
software, and good services. Even then, you may have to put up with some 
degree of inconvenience and spam.


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