With the invention of email, people now can communicate with others easily. By pressing a button, you can spread a message containing an attachment to your relatives even if they live in different countries.
Unfortunately, there are folks who have taken advantage of this communication medium in the wrong ways. Thousands upon thousands mailboxes are flooded with spams every day. Although this problem cannot be completely eliminated, there is a simple method that can be applied to protect your primary mailbox from spam attacks.
These days, many email hosts like Yahoo!, Gmail or Hotmail come with useful features to filter or block spam emails. Such services can detect any incoming messages and determine whether a message comes from a legitimate sender or a spammer. Some webmail services also allow you to determine yourself whether a message is legitimate or is junk.
After setting up some parameters you can then forward filtered emails to your primary email address, the one that you do not share to public. Depending on the service that you use, mail forwarding feature may be offered for free or for a small fee. This way, the server itself that will block any unwanted, unsolicited emails before being delivered to your email client's inbox. In other words, you will utilize the spam blocker that exists in another machine to detect and block spams before getting to your inbox.
If you use the email address which is provided by your hosting company, you can apply the same technique as long as the company provides you with a webmail program. For instance, Horde provides an input box where you can list spammers' email addresses here. If one of the people in the list send you an email, the message will be simply deleted or moved to a special folder, depending on your choice. You can find this feature in many modern hosting providers today. Just use it to block any unwanted emails targeted to your inbox.
Although simple, this spam blocking method has some great advantages. Firstly, as many spam emails today contain dangerous attachments, it will reduce the chance your PC to be infected by spyware or any other malicious programs. Secondly, blocking spams on the server side will also reduce the amount of bandwidth used. Another advantage of using a web based filtration system is there is no software to download or install on your PC so that you do not have to worry the filtering operations will affect your computer's performance. - 31837
Unfortunately, there are folks who have taken advantage of this communication medium in the wrong ways. Thousands upon thousands mailboxes are flooded with spams every day. Although this problem cannot be completely eliminated, there is a simple method that can be applied to protect your primary mailbox from spam attacks.
These days, many email hosts like Yahoo!, Gmail or Hotmail come with useful features to filter or block spam emails. Such services can detect any incoming messages and determine whether a message comes from a legitimate sender or a spammer. Some webmail services also allow you to determine yourself whether a message is legitimate or is junk.
After setting up some parameters you can then forward filtered emails to your primary email address, the one that you do not share to public. Depending on the service that you use, mail forwarding feature may be offered for free or for a small fee. This way, the server itself that will block any unwanted, unsolicited emails before being delivered to your email client's inbox. In other words, you will utilize the spam blocker that exists in another machine to detect and block spams before getting to your inbox.
If you use the email address which is provided by your hosting company, you can apply the same technique as long as the company provides you with a webmail program. For instance, Horde provides an input box where you can list spammers' email addresses here. If one of the people in the list send you an email, the message will be simply deleted or moved to a special folder, depending on your choice. You can find this feature in many modern hosting providers today. Just use it to block any unwanted emails targeted to your inbox.
Although simple, this spam blocking method has some great advantages. Firstly, as many spam emails today contain dangerous attachments, it will reduce the chance your PC to be infected by spyware or any other malicious programs. Secondly, blocking spams on the server side will also reduce the amount of bandwidth used. Another advantage of using a web based filtration system is there is no software to download or install on your PC so that you do not have to worry the filtering operations will affect your computer's performance. - 31837
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