Business websites face different issues during its functioning process and these issues are big as well as small. One common issue is spam mails. To block spam mails, there are many organizations that provide technical support services and also knowledge to deal with this issue. Knowledge of blocking spam mails definitely keeps them one step ahead of their competition.

A common problem with spam is that they have attachments and attachments can have viruses. Employers often have filters that don't let such things pass to you. Personal email is far easier for spammers. A general rule of thumb is, if you do not know who is sending you something, do not open the attachment. Secondly, look for services that offer filtering. Good firewall or anti-virus programs should offer email scanning.

Spammers, as you may know, use computer programs to generate thousands of emails to random names at any domain they target. So, while I am sleeping or working, some spammer selling a breast enhancement potion will be generating hundreds of emails for "lucy (at) jonathanginsberg dot com" or "mary (at) jonathanginsberg dot com.

You can also block spam mail according the words that exist in its subject line. How can you do that? It is quite simple, actually. First, you have to click on Email Filtering, and then click on Add Filter. Afterwards, the first Drop down box will come into your view, which is when you select Subject.

Most common technique that most anti-spam program to find Spam e-mails is review method. The anti-spam program examines incoming email messages and determines whether the email message content contains a known predetermined profile of Spam. Something as if it asks a question "Does this message look as Spam?

Other ways to help you stop unwanted spam getting into your email account inbox is to choose a long email address which is a combination of letters and numbers with punctuation marks. Don't click on links on spam emails as this will allow more to affect you, as well as don't open spam attachments.

Most spam emails are easily recognizable by their subject lines. Delete any emails with obvious spam-subject lines- you know, the ones talking about giving you a better sex life, prescription drugs, lower mortgage rates, or outstanding credit card offers. Just delete those without opening them. Don't click on the "unsubscribe links", because all that does is tell the spammer your email exists and you open them.

Once the words have been entered, the software will be blocking any sort of mail that is related to what you have typed. For instance, you typed sex. Spam Assassin will block electronic mail that is related, in any way, to sex in its subject line. However, this field is case sensitive. Typing sex will not filter or block sEx. Therefore, you have to be quite careful in this field.

Another way is to actually read some of the emails that you get about spam. Or read an email from a trusted source as they use this as a platform to gain your trust. One of the more popular ways for anyone to get your email address is to add in an innocuous looking 'unsubscribe' or 'click here for more promotions'.

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