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1. Protect Email Addresses From Spammers - Professional
Email Address Ideas
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By Rowland Derek - http://professionalemailaddressideas.net/
According to the latest stats I have seen, spam (unsolicited bulk email - UBE) is growing at an alarming rate of 1.2% per day. That
means that the amount of spam delivered today was 1.2% more than yesterday and tomorrow it will increase again. I wish I could
say that about my savings account. Nevertheless, there are some things you can do to protect your email address from spammers.
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The Problem
First of all, let's understand how it is that spammers get a hold of your email address in the first place.
1. Opt-in registration - you agree to receive solicitations from "legitimate" sources.
One of the simplest methods spammers use for getting spam-able email addresses is buying lists from websites who collect email
addresses as a part of their normal activity. Some of these lists were created in "legitimate" ways such as having an "opt-in" check
box on a registration. Often these opt-in check boxes are checked by default and the user has to un-check it to avoid getting on the
list. Or, they are cleverly worded in order to get the user to not only agree to receive "legitimate" updates and offers from the
website, but also anyone to whom they might sell their list. Deep within their terms of use you might find that by providing your email
address you are "opting in" to having your email address sold like a cheap hooker to anyone willing to pay. Of course, you won't
know about that unless you actually read the legal stuff on a privacy policy or terms of use page.
2. 2. Your email address was compromised by poor security or an inside job.
Websites that store personal information online must secure that information so that hackers cannot get to it without great effort.
Nothing is fully hacker-proof, but strong server security is a hard target and in most cases the would-be intruders move on to an
easier target. This is not often the case with smaller companies and start-ups. They often use shared hosting and never give a
thought to security. They often do not comprehend the simplicity of hacking an insecure site.
Additionally, even secure companies can't always prevent an inside job. The bigger companies who employ an IT staff that knows
their way around the security may be compromised by a mole. This would be someone who steals the email list and sells it to
anyone willing to buy it. There is no way you or I can avoid this scenario. If there is a dirty employee, only the company can stop
them and they usually don't until it already happened once.
3. Your email address was harvested by a harvester bot.
A harvester bot is a program designed to crawl through the code and content of your website much like search engine crawlers.
However, these evil bots have one thing in mind as they scan through your html code: email addresses. I have seen a new email
address that I created for one specific purpose without any safeguards and saw it get spammed within a week of being posted. The
longer it was up, the more spam it received. Once this happens, that email address is compromised. There is NOTHING you can do
to un-do it. The damage is done.
So…What’s Next ?
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