Archive for the ‘Spam Prevention’ Category

Temporary Email Service – Another Type of Spam Prevention

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

If you worry about getting spammed after signing up using your email address at an unfamiliar site, you can use a temporary email service like myTrashMail, BugMeNot or Mailinator. It is perhaps one of the best spam prevention methods, because you give nothing except the fake email address. There is no way spam emails reach [...]

Whitelisting – An Effective Form Of Spam Protection

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Trusted email addresses, domains, and even IP addresses can be whitelisted or in other words, stored in a database for future connections. Only emails from a whitelisted source will be delivered to the user’s inbox. This method is actually great to eliminate spam emails.
The problem is it can produce false positives. This means emails [...]

Simple Tips To Avoid Being Spammed

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Spam is starting to become the number 1 curse to the internet users. Too much resources have been wasted in closing down unsolicited websites or removing junk emails. Not to mention the major danger of getting some sort of virus that can be pricey. Facing these problems, an anti spam software or service might help, [...]