Using a mail and spam control Tool

Using a mail and spam control tool to help filter out spam can be a good step in reducing your email clutter.

Spam is any type of unsolicited commercial email. Unfortunately, spam is something we all have to live with. Even though anti spam laws have been put in place, it is unlikely that people who send spam will adhere to these laws so you must try to filter it out of your mail box.

How Spammers Get Your Email Address

Sadly enough, most spammers got your email address because you gave it to them! If you have posted your email anywhere on the web, this could be how it got out to spammers. If you have your email listed in an online advertisement, on a website or have published it in a forum, it is likely that it will be harvested for one of these lists. Unfortunately, once you are on these lists, not even a mail and spam control tool will be able to remove you from the lists.

Spam Can Be Harmful

Not only do you need a mail and spam control tool to filter the spam, but you need an antivirus tool as well. Spam emails can be infected, so clicking on them can open your computer up to a virus. It is estimated that almost all viruses are spread through email. Typically, a virus will spread by infecting a computer and then mailing itself out to everyone on the address list. Some other viruses can even open a “back door” on your computer which spammers then use to send out more junk mail.

What You Can Do