2006-08-08 07:18:59 · 6 answers · asked by Michael M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Once your email address is on a spammers list it is almost impossible to get off. Right now, your e-mail address (along with millions of others) is on a CD being sold from the back rooms of software shops from Bangladesh to Botswanna and from Norway to the Netherlands.
However there are several things that you can do to prevent even more spam.
1. Start by removing your e-mail address from your Yahoo profile,if it is on it. The spam-industry has programs that are continusously crawling the web looking for the "@" symbol which is a sure sign the the word before it and the domain name after it is an e-mail address!
2. Use a longer address. The spam industry uses programs that try sending e-mail to all known domain names. Example: a program might start trying to send out e-mails to everyone starting with aaaaa@INVALID.com and continue down to zzzzz@INVALID.com. Using a longer e-mail address will make this harder to do.
3. Never click the "Unsubscribe Link" in any e-mail. This will only confirm to the spammers that your e-mail address is indeed real and that you are reading their garbage. In fact, do not even open any e-mail from anybody you don't know or trust. Many spams are not only annoying but contain viruses of other malware. Just delete 'em without opening 'em!.
You can however click that "Unsubscribe Me" button from businesses that are well known and that you trust. Walmart... yes. Someone selling Viagra...no.
4. Open up a second e-mail account. Whenever, a website requires you to register using your e mail address, use this secondary address. There are many unscrupulous websites that will sell you address to others or bombard you with spam themselves.
5. Download a free copy of SiteAdvisor. SiteAdvisor will alert you when you search (Google, Yahoo, MSN, search only) of websites that are known to send out spam. This can help you avoid registering with any sites that are known to spam people.
Treat your e-mail address just like you would your telephone number or home address....only give it out to those that you absolutely trust!
2006-08-08 07:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by jibberjabbar 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Just block that email address. Don't respond to it at all - that will just tell the scum that it's a valid email address and he will likely sell it on to other spammers.
2006-08-08 07:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
difference ur password. if it does not quit, difference ur e mail. you quite often have a plague or some thing. it might even be anybody hacking into your account. it is bizarre. if it does not quit, name a laptop man. i dont realize when you have comcast or some thing however thats what i've and the men are relatively useful. i had a equivalent difficulty.
2016-08-28 10:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just set your spam filter to block that spammer.
2006-08-08 07:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is normally a link to remove your e-mail in the spammer's list. or you can just add him to your block list.
2006-08-08 07:23:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jeff L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what tom said, and block all e - addresses they use
2006-08-08 07:23:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋