1) Beware of purchasing spam-advertised products. Aside from encouraging spammers, this makes more personally identifiable information (e.g. name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, etc.) available to them. It also can guarantee that you'll get more spam.

2) Refrain from using the "reply or remove" option. Some senders may remove your address, but others may flag your email address as "live" and send you more spam or even sell your address to other spammers. Instead, use our MailMate to bounce all unwanted emails back.

3) Use a "public" email address while online. Setup and use a "public" email address, which may either be an additional address from your ISP or a free Web-based email address. Use this email address when participating in newsgroups, joining contests or anytime that your email is requested by a third party online. Potential spam will go to your "public" email address instead of your "private" email address.

4) Don't post your email address online. You'd be surprised how often you use your email address for newsletter subscriptions, in chat rooms or to join online groups. Before you post your email address, know whether it will be displayed or used. Then use a "public" email address when necessary.

We also recommends the use of a filtering program, such as our MailMate. MailMate is a simple, yet powerful Anti-Spam software to keep you away from the pain of junk email without changing your habit of receiving emails.