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If You Are Sick Of Spam

Analyses show unsought or “junk” e-mail, called spam, accounts for about half of all e-mail messages gotten. Although once thought of as little more than a pain, the preponderance of spam has expanded to the point where a lot of users have started to express a universal lack of confidence in the effectiveness of e-mail transmissions, and expanded concern over the spread of viruses via unsought messages. So what do you do about spam?   Do what you are able to ward off having your e-mail address out on the internet.    There are products named “spam spiders” that browse the Internet for e-mail addresses to send e-mail to.   If you're interested, do a search on “spam spider” and you'll be amazed at what you return.   Interestingly, there's a site, WebPoison.org, which is an open source project geared to battle net "spambots" and "spam spiders", by presenting them bogus HTML web pages, which hold bogus e-mail addresses You can utilize form e-mail...