This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Use auto-preview functions

If your email client is able to do it, use auto-preview functions and erase junk email before you download it onto your computer.

Questions? Give IT Radix a call. We’re happy to help!

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Do not use auto-responders

An auto-responder is a clear signal for the spammer that the junk mail arrived at a real email address, which gives him a "good" reason to keep sending SPAM. If you have a filtering service in front of your server, it can help and will not send auto-responder.

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Do not attempt to unsubscribe from SPAM mail

If you didn't subscribe, then why unsubscribe?  Most spammers are using it to validate your email address for further spamming purposes.  It's simple:  if you unsubscribe, it means your email address exists and someone (you) is reading the emails.

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Receive and Display Incoming Emails as Plain Text

If your email client can do it, set it up to receive and display incoming emails as plain text—not as HTML. This will prevent SPAMmers from automatically validating your email address if you open the message.

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Read Terms & Conditions Pages

Whenever you have to subscribe to a newsletter or to create a web account on a site, make sure their Terms & Conditions page doesn't give them the right to send you unsolicited emails.

Ken Toumey avoids a walk on the wild side and shares key reasons for running anti-virus software.

Baby, baby it’s a wild world and on the internet it’s even wilder. Any major dude will tell you. So if you want your computers and networks to run in harmony, we suggest you don’t be crazy.

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Disguise your email address on public pages

If you have to list your email account on public pages, try to cheat SPAM spiders. Instead of writing your address as "[email protected]", write it as "john_at_domain_dot_com". People will understand how to read it, but robots will not.

This month’s SPAM Blocker Tip is:
Get yourself at least 2 email accounts

Use one email account for public communications (i.e., forums, communities, business cards, etc.) and keep the other one only for trusted contacts.

How do Spammers grab addresses? Basically, spammers will start sending you junk email as soon as:

You list your email address on a public web page (your website, forums, etc.)
You subscribe to various newsletters and you confirm to their agreement without closely reading it (e.g., you do not uncheck the box to receive promotional emails)
You receive an email from someone who you don't know and you open the message.

Have your own internal Exchange mail server?  Can't afford to be down?  Ask us about SPAM Soap.

In the event your mail server is down, SPAM Soap is still up and running.  For outages like what happened with Hurricane Sandy, you will be able to access your new email messages and send new messages through the SPAM Soap’s web interface.