| If you're like most users, well over half the messages delivered to your email inbox are unsolicited, unauthorized, and unwanted\u-4064\'3fin other words, spam. These spam messages are the online equivalent of the junk mail you receive in your postal mailbox, and they're a huge problem.
- Don t post your primary email address in public forums, on message boards, in blogs, or on your web page.
- Do install and use an anti-spam program, such as Norton AntiSpam (www.symantec.com) or SpamKiller (www.mcafee.com).
- To block future spam messages in Outlook Express, start by selecting the unwanted message.
- Pull down the Message menu and select Block Sender.
| TIPUse a Spamblock To confuse email address-harvesting software, you can insert a spamblock into your address. For example, if your email address is johnjones@myisp.com, you might change the address to read johnSPAMBLOCKjones@myisp.com. |
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| TIPUse Two Addresses Another trick is to use two email addresses\u-4064\'3fa public one you use when you post on the Web or register on websites and a private one you give out only to friends and relatives. |
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