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Protect Your Email With a Free Email Account
Email is a valuable communication tool, but it can also have it's drawbacks. Part of Email's popularity has always been it's ease of use, low cost, and speed in delivering the message. Unfortunately it's those same factors that are enticing shady Email Spammers to reach people with their widely hated SPAM Email. In a recent study it was reported that 60 bln Emails are sent daily and 50-80% of that is all SPAM Email! With that much SPAM out there it’s important to think about:
Email Security
Easy things to do to make sure you’re email address doesn’t get in the wrong hands. In most cases you already have an email account and you already receive SPAM. Here is a common scenario:
Lots o’ SPAM
I receive more SPAM than actual email.
What to do:
Start fresh! Setup two new email accounts.
1. One email account should be a private account that only you and your closet contacts know. Think of it as a private number, only to be given to the most trusted people. This means you won’t be using your old SPAM infested account anymore.
2. The account user name should be unique because SPAMMERS use software programs to ‘guess’ usernames. Here’s an example, instead of Bob@yahoo.com use words that aren’t in the dictionary along with numbers t65ugb4r3@yahoo.com. It’s not easy to remember but you won’t be getting any email to the account from someone guessing it.
3. This email address should not be used for newsletters, email bills, online signups, or anything else like that.
4. Make sure you let everyone know your old SPAM infested email accounts won’t be used anymore.
5. Let only those you want to know what the new one is.
6. Setup an email address with a free email service provider for everything else (newsletters, email bills, online signups, etc.). Free online email services like Yahoo Mail, Hotmail Email, Gmail all are easy to use and have built-in SPAM filters.
This tip should drastically reduce the amount of SPAM you get. Remember, don’t share your private address with strangers.
