Tips to avoid spam

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Here are a few tips that might help you to avoid spam, I posted this on an intranet site at work and received positive feedback so I thought others might find it useful:

Do not post your e-mail address in a plain format on the Internet.

When posting your e-mail address, obfuscate it so it cannot be easily harvested such as “name –at- hotmail.com,” or use a small image containing your e-mail address.

Check if your e-mail address is visible to spammers by typing it into a search engine

Set up two e-mail addresses, one for personal e-mail, and use the other for public locations.

If you have a more complex e-mail address, it is less likely to receive spam.

Use free spam filtering.

Use anti-spam software

When replying to forum postings, do not include your e-mail address.

Check a site's privacy policy to ensure your address will not be sold to other companies.

There may be a checkbox to opt out of third party mailings.

Don't respond to spam.

Do not open spam messages wherever possible.

Do not click on the links in spam messages.

Never buy any goods from spammers.

Make sure that your anti-virus software is up to date.

Use a firewall

Do not respond to e-mail requests to validate or confirm any of your account details that claim to come from your bank, credit card company, eBay, Paypal, etc

Good Luck - Ban the spam