<!--QuoteBegin--Fam+May 19 2003, 06:20 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fam @ May 19 2003, 06:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 1. Do not post your email on websites. 2. Only give out your email address to people you trust. 3. Don't use hotmail or yahoo. 4. Use a website which forwards all the mail sent to any user@website to you. 5. Use a different email address for each site (for example, registering to freemusic.com, I would use the address freemusic@box8.co.uk. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I think the first two work the best. For example, I have a hotmail account with my name in it, but I don't post it on the internet or give it to anyone (I have an internet account for websites and people I meet on the internet, spammed often, and a private account which I only give to people I know in real life, never spammed.)
I'm sure the last few steps help, but the first two are definetely the most important.
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Indeed. The latter steps are just for ultimate security. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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2. Only give out your email address to people you trust.
3. Don't use hotmail or yahoo.
4. Use a website which forwards all the mail sent to any user@website to you.
5. Use a different email address for each site (for example, registering to freemusic.com, I would use the address freemusic@box8.co.uk. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think the first two work the best. For example, I have a hotmail account with my name in it, but I don't post it on the internet or give it to anyone (I have an internet account for websites and people I meet on the internet, spammed often, and a private account which I only give to people I know in real life, never spammed.)
I'm sure the last few steps help, but the first two are definetely the most important.