| How to defeat spam at the roots
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| | your[dot]name(at)example[dot]com, this
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| Just about everyone goes trough the
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| | will not stop all the bots but you will
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| hassle of removing unnessecary spamin
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| | get less spam for sure.
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| their inbox every day. If you have a
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| | 4. If you have your own domain you should
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| fresh and unused email address andwant it
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| | use the catch all function and use email
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| so stay clean of spam mails then you
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| | addresses like so you can always block
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| should consider these steps bellow.
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| | that specific address when someone begins
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| But to understand why you should consider
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| | sending spam or sold your address.
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| these steps we will talkabout spiders
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| | 5. If you only want to read some
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| (also known as: bots,address
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| | information on a register only bulletin
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| harvester,parser,the list goes on..)
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| | board or site you should use a disposable
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| first.
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| | email address like .
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| Never think your email address is safe
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| | 6. Use a good antivirus and mal-,spy- and
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| because a human beeing has to register or
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| | adware detection tool. They often steal
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| do anyother fancy stuff to see your
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| | your addressbook and resell the
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| address. And please consider that today
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| | addresses, including your own.
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| almost anythingis beeing spidered by
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| | 7. Do not use those fancy and 99 percent
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| google and other bigger search engines.
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| | useless browser toolbars. They often
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| That means that enteringyour email
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| | include malware and/or spyware that can
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| address in private guestbooks or
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| | even capture data you enter in web forms.
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| bulleting boards is not safe at
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| | You are on the safe side if you do not
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| all,because it is indexed by these
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| | blindly trust the sites which want you to
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| engines. Most email address harvester
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| | enter youremail address. If you use your
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| start their searchin the big indexes like
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| | email address for direct contact with a
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| google,dmoz or yahoo.
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| | serious business or companythere is most
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| In these days you can automate about
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| | likely no harm. Deactivate HTML rendering
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| everything a human can do except writing
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| | of your emails in the mail client of your
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| semaphoricallycorrect letters or
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| | choice.
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| articles. Even if you display your email
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| | If you use a email address from a free
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| addressas an image on your bussiness
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| | service like GMX, Yahoo, or your local
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| website the bots will be able to decipher
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| | provider. There is mostlikely an option
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| itand get your mailbox filled with
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| | which lets you filter spam on the server.
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| unnesecary spam.
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| | This way you can stop spam before its in
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| A good script or bot can even knock out
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| | yourinbox. Its always better to block
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| these fancy captchas.
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| | aggressive and explicitly allow the
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| 7 steps how you can avoid getting your
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| | sender addresses you want. This way
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| new email address awash with spam.
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| | youprobably loose a mail or two, but it
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| 1. Do not enter your real email address
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| | is not an email from someone you really
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| in guestbooks or bulletin boards (even if
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| | need to receive mails.
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| they are register only).
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| | There are also some good blacklists out
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| 2. Do not activate images or even html
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| | there. If you can configure your
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| emails in your email client. When loading
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| | mailserver to use them (or your
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| images there is the risk that you will
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| | mailclient) thenyou really should. These
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| send your identification to the spammers
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| | blacklists grow everyday and are pretty
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| server and he will set your email address
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| | well up to date. One of them is SpamHaus
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| to valid (and probably resell it).
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| | (just google for email blacklist).
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| 3. If you really want to give your email
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| | It depends on your needs but the more of
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| address away, you should obfuscate it as
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| | these steps you can follow the less spam
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| much as possible (still human readable
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| | you will get.
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| though). As an example for use
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