Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite tips and tricks for keeping your inbox tidy.
Now we’re back to share your–rather aggressive–SPAM dodging tricks.
HTG readers are serious about beating back SPAM.
For other readers it was outright war.
ArchersCall uses a system of layers and whitelists:
I have a triple system and rarely see spam.
FIRST I use Earthlinks white list option.
Spammer never use this option so I dont get a ton of like add me requests.
I get requests from real people who know me, or legitimate businesses who need to contact me.
TIP #1 I dont give out my gmail address.
I NEVER see the emails.
TIP #2 I use my very old Earthlink address as my very public address.
So I dont need a separate spam address.
White lists are the best way to avoid spam!!!
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My elaborate system that helps me do two things really well.
I get no spam at all (99.9% of the time)
2.
If I dont want to communicate with someone or they are stalking me etc…
I can easily never be bothered with seeing their email with a few clicks.
This system give me ultimate control over who contacts me.
This is pretty simple since Earthlink has a button for this in their UI.
Layers and obfuscation were a common technique deployed by readers to cut down on SPAM.
KB Prez writes:
Ive been using MailWasher Pro to filter emails for years.
It has several features that have worked well for me.
It lets me set up white/black lists.
If receive email from someone not on my whitelist, I can bounce it back if I choose.
The Pro version is paid software, but they also have a free version.
