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7 Steps To Effectively Take Control Of Your Inbox And Reduce Spam
verbody hates spam! I am solution that will stop all spam,
sure spammers hate getting but what I will tell you is that
spam too, but they still there is a way to reduce the
continue to dish it out. Why? problem and manage it effectively
Because it is still effective. using the 7 steps outlined below.
Believe it or not, many of us
still click on the links or Step #1: Get Your Own Domain Name
follow-up with the spam message.
As long as we continue to do Fighting spam effectively starts
this, spam will exist. If with getting your own domain
everybody understood this and name. For example if your name is
paid no attention to spam, the Andy Williams, you would purchase
spammers will eventually give up a domain name called
because it costs them realy money andywilliams.com, which is of
to send out emails. It is hard to course already owned by the
quantify what the cost of sending famous singer. This has some
out one, two or fifty emails is, unique advantages over using an
but 1 million or 5 million emails ISP given domain name or a
certainly has a cost that is not webmail service such as Hotmail
negligible. When the payback or Gmail. It also has some minor
starts to get so small that the disadvantages. Let's examine
spammers cannot make a decent these.
living, they will find something
else to do. This day will come One major advantage is that you
and I cannot wait for it to control the entire email address.
arrive. You could create emails addresses
like andy@andywilliams.com,
In the meantime, what can we do info@andywilliams.com,
about it. Well, I am not going to sales@andywilliams.com and so on.
tell you that there is a perfect This is in stark contract to an
ISP assigned name like very tedious.
andywilliams@comcast.net. If you
wanted another one, you'd have to I prefer owning my own domain
open up another account or pay name which I call my permanent
extra for each additional ISP email address. I will always have
assigned address. If you ever this email address as long as I
decided to switch ISP's, you renew this domain name every
would lose that email address and year. The cost of registering a
have to start over using a new domain name varies from $4 to $8
one, and inform everyone you per year for most common ones.
communicated with about it - a This is a small price to pay for
very messy proposition. the advantages it brings you.
Many get around this problem by The one minor disadvantage of
getting a Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or owning your own domain name is
Gmail account which you can that you need to manage it
access from anywhere as long as yourself, or have someone do it
you have internet access. These for you. This in my opinion is
types of email accounts far outweighed by the advantages
definitely have a place in your mentioned above.
email toolchest, but do not
suffice as your primary personal Step #2: Create Private Email
email address. One reason is that Adresses
you do not have access to your
email messages and address books A private email address is one
when you are not online, like that nobody but your inner circle
during a long flight. Anotehr knows about. Every person that
drawback is that they do not you give your personal email
allow you to export the online address to is someone that you
address books making portability trust and want to receive email
from. receptionist@andywilliams.com as
an alias that redirects to
Setup one private email address mary@andywilliams.com. Whenever
for every person who is going to some sends an email to
need to receive messages. This receptionist@andywilliams.com, it
could be you and 5 other members will end up in Mary's inbox. If
of your family or 12 employees you change receptionists, you
that work for you. This part is simple modify the redirect for a
quite straightforward, you simply very elegant solution. You can
login to your email control panel then publish this public email
and create new accounts for each address on a website, in a
email address that is going to be brochure, on print advertising,
used to receive email. business cards etc. without
giving away your personal email
Step #3: Create Public Email address and without having to
Addresses As Aliases make much changes if Mary leaves
and a new receptionist is hired.
A public email address is This is a huge benefit and
generally known to the public. It maintains your privacy as well as
can be specific like those of others you have created
andyw@andywilliams.com or generic email adresses for.
like
receptionist@andywilliams.com. How does this help with spam, you
ask? By using email aliases in a
A public email address is created smart fashion, you could very
as an email alias. An email alias easily shut down any spam that
is not a real email address, but starts coming in. Let's examine
an address that gets redirected how this can be done.
to a real email address. For
example, you setup Step #4: Setup the Default or
Catch-all Email Address usually use a specific format
when registering at websites - it
Your email control panel will is @andywilliams.com. So if I am
have something called a "default registering at a website called
address" or it is also sometimes www.get-rich-quick.com, I would
called a "catch-all address". use the address
This is a valid email address get-rich-quick@andywilliams.com
that all unresolved emails go to. as my valid email address. When
If you set this up to be your the site sends me an email, it
personal email address for gets redirected to my personal
example, then you will receive email or whatever the default or
all emails that are addressed to catch-all address is.
@andywilliams.com, this includes
sales@andywilliams.com, Step #6: Send Spam Back To Where
joe@andywilliams.com, It Came From, If Possible
andrew@andywilliams.com etc.
Herein lies the secret to combat Here comes the real bonus, if you
spam. subsequently start receiving spam
addressed to none other than
Step #5: Create Specific Named get-rich-quick@andywilliams.com,
Public Email Addresses As And you simple create an email alias
When Required for
get-rich-quick@andywilliams.com
When you are forced to register and redirect the email back to
on a website where you want to exactly where it came from, for
get some information from, you example
are usually asked for a valid georg-bush@get-rick-quick.com.
email address. Well guess what, You will then never get another
you now have an unlimited supply email from anyone using that
of valid email adresses. I email address ever again. This is
cool and is my favourite part.
Bear in mind that spammers A real-life example in my case: I
usually send email from an use a specific email alias for my
address that is not their own, so Paypal account which nobody but
if you see an address like Paypal knows. I have never ever
noreply@get-rick-quick.com, then received spam on this address,
you would redirect it somewhere but I have received hundreds of
else, for example a Hotmail spam messages on other email
address that you setup just for aliases that I have created. All
redirection purposes. Please of these emails supposedly come
exercise some discretion here from Paypal and address me as
because spammers often use the "Dear Valued Paypal Member" or
email addresses of real people something similar, warning me
and we don't want these innocent that my account is going to be
people getting redirected email. closed or suspended unless I
click on their link and update my
Step #7: Be Diligent In The credit card information.
Ongoing Management Of Your Domain
I hope that I have given you some
If you do this diligently for food for thought on how to manage
each website where you register the ever growing spam problem by
by identifying the website name, protecting yourself by taking
you will very quickly know which some initiative and getting your
websites are selling email own domain name. The added
addresses and which ones honor benefit is that you now have a
their promise not to share your permanent email address no matter
information. ALl this while, where you choose to live or which
nobody by your personal inner ISP you use to connect to the
circle knows your private email internet.
address.
There are many other ways to address future articles.
fight spam which I will perhaps
About the Author:
Balraj Dhaliwal is an Internet Consultant for BSD Register. He helps customers with whatever they need to achieve their goals. BSD Register is well respected and liked by its customers because of its no nonsense simple approach to getting things done. Visit BSD Register at http://www.bsdregister.com
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