Four Steps To Ridding Your Inbox Of Spam

Spam, otherwise known as junk mail, or mail that you did not ask for, has jumped to an all time high of 92.6 percent of all email, according to Information Week. Just two years ago, the BBC reported that spam comprised only 70 percent of all email.

Needless to say, the number of spam messages being sent has exploded in a relatively short period of time.

What does this mean for you?

It means that you need to take specific steps in managing your email to get rid of spam.

The steps you need to take include:

1. Set your default email address to :fail: (the only people who send email to an address that doesn’t exist on your account are spammers).
2. Create all your existing email accounts as POP accounts.
3. Do not post your email address on your website. Instead, use a contact form with anti-spam measures).
4. Turn on the spam prevention software in your hosting account. (Watersweb servers use mailscanner/Spamassassin.)

What techniques do you use to keep your inbox clean?