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A complete table of contents that outlines frequently asked questions and answers regarding spam.
members.aol.com
An ad hoc, all-volunteer organization created to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (spam).
www.cauce.org
CNN.com peers into email users state of mind when their inbox if filled unwanted messages on a daily basis.
cnn.com
PC World gives three options for hindering the infiltration of spam.
www.cnn.com
Proposes and answers if users would accept junk mail if they were given a free ISP.
cnn.com
Web site offers tips, techniques, specific addresses to write, and numbers to call to get off those nasty junk mailing lists and telemarketing lists across the U.S.
www.ecofuture.org
Internet users express their opinion to European Union politicians.
www.heise.de
How viral marketing contributes to spread of spam.
www.infoworld.com
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What it is and what to do about it and how not to advertise a mailing list.
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A list of the offenders, offenses and helpful information to combat spam.
www.metareality.com
An article from 1999, written by the New York Law Journal.
www.nylj.com
Spam Cop is a web site that lets you track spam back to its source and then complain about it to the proper authorities.
www.nytimes.com
By Bob Schmidt, Author of The Geek's Guide to Internet Business Success.
www.provider.com
Californians are hearing from political candidates via email..is it right?
www.sfgate.com
This article is an updated version of a long author's note in the 8 December 8, 1996 online issue of This is True.
www.thisistrue.com
ZDNet article expose the possibility of a technology making the use of spam easier.
www.zdnet.com
Article examines a study carried out by Gartner Group.
www.zdnet.com
Guide to Finding Out Who is Spamming You (and protecting yourself)
How to determine which companies are selling your email address and to how to protect yourself from future spamming..
By Mike Vargo, Owner, Vargo Aviation
I did! That's why I figured out a way to protect my email address as well as determine who is selling my email information.
There are tons of anti-spam software programs out there today that can connect to your email account. Although, some do work up to a certain point, there are a number of ways you can protect yourself easily.
If you have questions, post a comment or send me a message. I'd be happy to help.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Buy a domain
Get yourself a domain. If you're a small business, you should already have one anyway. Nowadays, it's cheap and easy. For 8 bucks a year you can have the domain you want.
I recommend: MyDomain.com - you can search for availability and purchase your domain on the spot.
Protect your WHOIS email address.
If you've ever purchased a domain, you have a WHOIS email address. The company where you purchased your domain should have whois/spam protection which masks the email address displayed in the WHOIS record for your domain. Any email going to that masked email is filtered and forwarded on to your real email address.
I recommend: MyDomain.com - for free, they provide the email spam protection.
Protect your WHOIS postal address
If you've ever purchased a domain, you have a WHOIS email address. These typically need to be valid addresses in order to prove you truly own the domain. The company where you purchased your domain should have this functionality. What happens is the comapny provides their information in the WHOIS database, rather than yours. No more sales phone calls, junk mail or SPAM due to your domain registrations ever again.
I recommend: MyDomain.com - for $2.99/year, they provide WHOIS protection.
Create email forwarding with your domain company
Your domain hosting provider should have a 'catch all' email function. What this does is basically give you millions of email address with 1 domain.
I recommend: MyDomain.com
Don't use your real email
Well, kind of... When giving out your email address, use this technique. Make up a new email address everytime you need to give it out. For example, Let's say you own the domain isellchocolate.com. If I need to give my email address to cnn.com, I'll use the email 'cnndotcom@mail.isellchocolate.com'. Do this everytime you need to give out your email.
I recommend: MyDomain.com
Find out who is spamming you
You can determine who gives out your email address by looking at the 'To:' field of your incoming email. For example, you receive an email and it's to 'cnndotcom@mail.isellchocolate.com'. You look at the from address and it's not from cnn.com, you know that cnn.com is the one who is selling your email.FYI, I've never had an issue with cnn.com.
I recommend: MyDomain.com
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • After following the techniques, go check your WHOIS information at this web site.
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