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All About Spam |
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All About Spam
by Kara Glover
karathreethreethree@earthlink.net
Spam is annoying. Period. Why people would want to send all of us stupid messages about buying prescription drugs or getting some outrageously good mortgage rate is beyond me. Well, not really.
You might ignore those emails. But not everyone does. And that's why they're sent. Emails cost so little (or nothing) to send. So sending outmillion of them could becakewalk. Let's say one out of every one,zerozerozero recipients falls for their ploy. Someone just got one,zerozerozero new customers!
How inheck did those spammers get your address infirst place? Well, they actually usevariety of techniques. They use programs called spambots to searchweb and pick up any email addresses that could be listed on websites. They use what's called"Dictionary" technique, where they takewell-known email extension (earthlink.net, for instance), and make up all kinds of possible user names to go with it. For example, with me they could tryusernames "kara", "karaone", "karatwo" and so on, until they can confirm one of those connected toearthlink.net extension isvalid email address. Kinda like going page by page throughdictionary.
Ever fill outregistration form onwebsite and findlittle checkbox, probably nearbottom, asking if you want to receive additional information, newsletters, or something of that nature? Oftenbox is checked, and in order NOT to receiveinfo, you have to UNCHECK it (or else). Well if you miss those types of boxes onwrong kinds of sites, your email addresses may be handed to spammers onsilver platter. Well, almost. Oftenzillion email addresses are sold for next to nothing to spammers on CDs. (Couldn't you almost call those silver platters?)
Many internet service providers (those guys that keep you connected tointernet so you can send and receive email) usevariety of methods to block spam before it ever gets to you. Nevertheless, we all know that some spam inevitably gets through to our inboxes. That's when we need to takeproactive stance and install some sort of software to filter it out!
© twozerozerofive by Kara Glover
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For help on installing anti-spam software, check out this article on Kara Glover’s website: http://www.karathecomputertutor.comYou can also find more articles, tips and tutorials on topics such as Microsoft Word., Excel, and PowerPoint there. Kara isComputer Tutor and Troubleshooter.
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