Best Ways to Avoid Spam

[robwilley7]

Here are some best ways to avoid spamming & stay spam free.

1. Never post your email address on the web,
2. Never click on links in spam mail
3. Increase the spam filter level in your email program
4. Create your own junk mail filters
5. Choose a mail server with spam filters
6. Create an external email filter
7. Use long email addresses

share your opinions.
thanks.

[newsky]

This is a helpful post. i have a number of friends who post their email address publicly on a number of websites and profiles and then wonder why they get spam. The spider trap is a new one that I had not heard of before, I will be looking into that. Spam filters and other software utilities that may include them like Norton or Symantec are also good to have. One other tip that I use, which I hope is still effective, is I create an image of my email address in text that is a mailto:link. I think that generally helps decrease the number of bots that can pick up your email address as opposed to putting it in straight text.

[trung277]

Great !!!.
Thanks for sharing your great information.

[schwa]

Pretty useful, if I have a forum, this could be great one to share!

[sowmya]

Some of the best ways to avoid spam are as follows,
1. Stop spam with multiple email address.
2. Use a spam filter.
3. Be careful about inscribing
4. Secure your site.
5. Don't broadcast your email address.