Spam Fighting Tips, Tricks and Secrets
Get rid of unwanted, unsolicited email messages. Filter spam away, complain to the spammer's Internet Service Provider, and find other anti-spam tips to stop and avoid spam.
Most Popular Anti-Spam Tips, Tricks and Secrets
Spam, spam and spam. How to avoid spam, how to filter spam, and how to complain about spam are the items on this menu of junk mail fighting tips.
Spam, spam and spam. How to avoid spam, how to filter spam, and how to complain about spam are the items on this menu of junk mail fighting tips.
Assume Mail from Unknown Senders is Spam
I don't know you... you must be a spammer! Here's how to use your email address book to identify and filter spam.
I don't know you... you must be a spammer! Here's how to use your email address book to identify and filter spam.
Choose ISPs by Their Spam Policy
Don't support spam-friendly internet service providers.
Don't support spam-friendly internet service providers.
Do Not Threaten Violence to Spammers
Is fighting violence with more severe violence a good idea?
Is fighting violence with more severe violence a good idea?
Domain Owners: Set up Throwaway Addresses to Fight Spam
Create email addresses for use in sign-up forms on the fly to identify — and radically ban — sources of spam.
Create email addresses for use in sign-up forms on the fly to identify — and radically ban — sources of spam.
Don't Believe Spammers When They Say "You Requested"
You requested this tip, believe me. Spammers try to convince you that you requested their stuff, too.
You requested this tip, believe me. Spammers try to convince you that you requested their stuff, too.
Don't Buy from Spammers
Spammers are in it for the money. Here's what you can do (and should not do) to help make spam go away while letting email flow freely.
Spammers are in it for the money. Here's what you can do (and should not do) to help make spam go away while letting email flow freely.
Don't Delete Spam Automatically
Make sure you get to see all the mail you want. Spam filters are not perfect, so they may produce false positives and delete legitimate mail.
Make sure you get to see all the mail you want. Spam filters are not perfect, so they may produce false positives and delete legitimate mail.
Don't Use "This is Spam" to Unsubscribe
The "This is Spam" button is an easy and effective way to get rid of spam, but you should make sure you use it only for spam. Otherwise, bad karma may not be the only unpleasant consequence.
The "This is Spam" button is an easy and effective way to get rid of spam, but you should make sure you use it only for spam. Otherwise, bad karma may not be the only unpleasant consequence.
Don't Use Your Primary Email Address to Sign Up for Anything
You never know what might happen to an email address you use to sign up for Web sites or newsletters. It might be passed on to spammers.
You never know what might happen to an email address you use to sign up for Web sites or newsletters. It might be passed on to spammers.
Feed Hotmail Into SpamCop
Trace, analyze and report the spam you receive at Hotmail with ease, and with the help of SpamCop.
Trace, analyze and report the spam you receive at Hotmail with ease, and with the help of SpamCop.
Filter Spam Using ISP-Supplied Junk Mail Headers
Maybe your Internet Service Provider runs a spam filter that changes messages subtly if it believes they are junk. Here's how to make use of this simple yet effective line of spam defense.
Maybe your Internet Service Provider runs a spam filter that changes messages subtly if it believes they are junk. Here's how to make use of this simple yet effective line of spam defense.
How Long, Complicated Email Addresses Beat Spammers
Spam will, eventually, make it to any mailbox. Any? Here's how to make it hard for spammers to guess your address.
Spam will, eventually, make it to any mailbox. Any? Here's how to make it hard for spammers to guess your address.
How to Disguise Your Email Address in Newsgroups, Forums, Blog Comment
Make it more difficult for spammers to get your address by obfuscating it when you use it in newsgroups, forums and the like.
Make it more difficult for spammers to get your address by obfuscating it when you use it in newsgroups, forums and the like.
How to Know the Email Address for Spam Complaints
Complain about spam to the right person.
Complain about spam to the right person.
How to Report Spam using Outlook Express and SpamCop
Make spammers pay for their junk mail by reporting them to their ISPs. Here's how to do that comfortably using SpamCop and Outlook Express.
Make spammers pay for their junk mail by reporting them to their ISPs. Here's how to do that comfortably using SpamCop and Outlook Express.
How to Report Spam with SpamCop
Complain about spam the right way easily with SpamCop, which does all the analyzing for you and generates a perfect complaint email, too.
Complain about spam the right way easily with SpamCop, which does all the analyzing for you and generates a perfect complaint email, too.
How to Use Disposable Email Addresses at Your Web Site
Disposable email addresses can put an end to the spam you get from mentioning your email address on your home page.
Disposable email addresses can put an end to the spam you get from mentioning your email address on your home page.
Ignore Delivery Failures of Messages You Did Not Send
If you wonder why you are getting delivery failures for messages you know you did not send, the cause may be a worm or a spammer, and it's probably not on your computer.
If you wonder why you are getting delivery failures for messages you know you did not send, the cause may be a worm or a spammer, and it's probably not on your computer.
Know What a LART Is
A LART is a luser attitude readjustment tool. Find out what this is.
A LART is a luser attitude readjustment tool. Find out what this is.
Mail not Addressed to You is Likely Spam
They didn't want to reach you, anyway. Mail where you don't know the sender that which is not addressed to you is likely spam.
They didn't want to reach you, anyway. Mail where you don't know the sender that which is not addressed to you is likely spam.
Mail with "ADV" in the Subject is Spam
Messages that have "ADV" in the Subject are likely spam (or would you use it in any message?).
Messages that have "ADV" in the Subject are likely spam (or would you use it in any message?).
Make Sure Your ISP Doesn't Filter Your Newsletters as Spam
In a laudable effort to curb down on spam, many Internet Service Providers are filtering junk mail before it can reach you, and sometimes catch good mail, too. Here's how to talk to your ISP to make sure you're getting all your favorite newsletters without interruption.
In a laudable effort to curb down on spam, many Internet Service Providers are filtering junk mail before it can reach you, and sometimes catch good mail, too. Here's how to talk to your ISP to make sure you're getting all your favorite newsletters without interruption.
Messages Containing "One-Time Mailing" Are Spam
One-time mailings get a one-way ticket to the trash.
One-time mailings get a one-way ticket to the trash.
More Email Addresses Mean More Spam
Spam behaves a lot like cars. Wherever you build a road for it it will travel, and it will always fill up all the available space (and more).
Spam behaves a lot like cars. Wherever you build a road for it it will travel, and it will always fill up all the available space (and more).
My Definition of Spam
Find out what I think spam is, and let me know what you think.
Find out what I think spam is, and let me know what you think.
Report Spam Comfortably with SpamCop
One after the other. Here's how to complain about spam comfortably and efficiently using SpamCop.
One after the other. Here's how to complain about spam comfortably and efficiently using SpamCop.
Spam is Named After Monty Python's Spam Skit
Why unsolicited email is called spam. And spam.
Why unsolicited email is called spam. And spam.
Spammers Track Usage, Too
Here's another reason not to open spam: using embedded images, the spammer may watch you do it, and that may go down on your permanent please-spam-me-some-more record.
Here's another reason not to open spam: using embedded images, the spammer may watch you do it, and that may go down on your permanent please-spam-me-some-more record.
Stop Spam with Disposable Email Addresses
Once your email address gets in the hands of spammers, you will get spam. Lots of it. Find out how to use disposable email addresses to dispose of spam (and spammers) effectively.
Once your email address gets in the hands of spammers, you will get spam. Lots of it. Find out how to use disposable email addresses to dispose of spam (and spammers) effectively.
Submit Spam to SpamCop via Email
The shortest way from your Inbox to SpamCop is by forwarding your spam to SpamCop for analysis.
The shortest way from your Inbox to SpamCop is by forwarding your spam to SpamCop for analysis.
Use a Good Anti-Spam Program
Achieve a near spam-free email account by employing one of the great anti-spam tools that filter junk mail using all kinds of clever strategies.
Achieve a near spam-free email account by employing one of the great anti-spam tools that filter junk mail using all kinds of clever strategies.
Use Bayesian Spam Filtering to Get Rid of Junk Email
Get rid of spam reliably, precisely and effortlessly with statistical means.
Get rid of spam reliably, precisely and effortlessly with statistical means.
Watch Out for Those Checkboxes
Make sure you don't opt in for emails you don't want, and watch out for checkboxes when you submit any form on a Web site.
Make sure you don't opt in for emails you don't want, and watch out for checkboxes when you submit any form on a Web site.
Whether or Not to Unsubscribe from Spam
If junk mail that lands in your email inbox contains unsubscription instructions, does it make sense to follow them?
If junk mail that lands in your email inbox contains unsubscription instructions, does it make sense to follow them?