Spam: How to get it under control
Spam now makes up 80 percent of all email. Put another way, only two of 10 emails are good. Fighting back can be daunting but I have some suggestions that can ease the burden on your in-box.
Spam…it’s out of control. Guess how much junk mail has accumulated over a 30-day period with my PCMike e-mail address? Over 164,000. Now tI used an old e-mail address that has been heavily linked on the Web and I allowed the spam to accumulate to demonstrate just how bad it is.
Here are my top three suggestions on how you can fight back against spammers.
1)First, never unless absolutely necessary, write out your e-mail address on the Web. Spammers have harvesting programs that capture them.
2) If you do have to post it, don’t use the “@” sign. Spell out the word AT and D-O-T for the dot com part to trick those harvesters.
3) Finally use an anti spam program that has a Bayesian filter. Bayesian filters detect spam through smart analysis and the programs actually learn and gets better over time.
There are two Bayesian spm programs I recommend.
Spam Bully is the best tool to block the spam that I’ve tried for Windows and PC users, especially those using Outlook.. For Mac users, I like Spam Sieve. These programs are easy to set up and powerful tools that identify and trap the spam and get it down to a manageable amount.
Spam can never be eradicated but if you follow my suggestions, you’ll get it under control.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Although your comments are legitimate. I am not at all bothered by SPAM because my IP makes it go away. Also, I don’t receive unwanted e-mail because my IP provides an address book that only allows what I want to see. No SPAM for me and it is included in my monthly fees, which is very competative.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
That it a great idea I would of never thought of that.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:23 am
I just tried that Spam Bully and it did an excellent job. Thanks for the tip. I always enjoy your TV reports here in Georgia.
April 12th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
i wish i could get spam bully? i tryed 4 times , something poped up and said timed out. could somone put it in a zip folder?
ps. if someone could pleas send it to my email address? bob6968@yahoo.com
April 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I was especially interested in your article “How to get spam under control. My problem is I have Internet Explorer and there is no way for me to download Spam Bully. Any suggestions
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 am
Barb, I’d switch over to firefox, way better any day than IE