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.
Only the tips most popular with other email users make it to this page, but other can be just as useful:
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.
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).
Complain about spam to the right person.
If junk mail that lands in your email inbox contains unsubscription instructions, does it make sense to follow them?
Get rid of spam reliably, precisely and effortlessly with statistical means.
The shortest way from your Inbox to SpamCop is by forwarding your spam to SpamCop for analysis.
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.
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.
Why unsolicited email is called spam. And spam.
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.