Using a spam mail Tool

Utilizing a spam mail tool to filter spam is one way to help reduce the clutter in your inbox.

Unsolicited commercial email is commonly referred to as spam. Sorting through these emails is a waste of time, bandwidth and diskspace. There are new laws to deal with spammers however, there is little hope that spammers will adhere to the laws so your best defense is to filter out as much as you can from your email

How Spammers Get Email Addresses

Sadly enough, most spammers got your email address because you gave it to them! Sometimes when you order something your email gets sold to a list, but most times it is harvested from a web site. If you have made your email public on a website, advertisement or forum then chances are your address was picked up for a list. Unfortunately, once they get your email, no anti spam software, not even a spam mail tool is able to get you off these lists.

How Spam Can Harm Your Computer

You need a spam mail tool to filter spam, but you should also have a good antivirus tool as well. Spam emails can be infected, so clicking on them can open your computer up to a virus. It’s estimated that 95% of 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