Protect Yourself Against Spam

Entrepreneurs are starting to fight back in the war on unsolicited emails, better know as spam. (When I sent this article to my mailing list, I spelled it as "sp^m" since the full spelling could get this newsletter blocked by some of your filters.) Because people are starting to filter their incoming mail, many legitimate emails are failing to get through. It’s becoming a problem for senders as well as recipients, but until it becomes a problem for Congress, we can’t count on the law to protect us.

One of the first products developed to fight this scourge is called SpamArrest. I was introduced to this solution by several people on my ezine mailing list. It seemed so simple and effective I thought I’d check it out and report on it for you.

For the person who signs up to be protected, the only thing they notice is the number of unwanted emails drops to near zero, while all their important emails get through. If you’re like me, you probably spend a fair amount of time using the delete key in your inbox getting rid of all the junk mail (often with phony return addresses). All that time is returned to you in full, minus the aggravation you no longer have.

It’s a little different from the sender’s point of view. When I first sent my newsletter to someone using SpamArrest, I soon received a return email from that person. I was given a link to a website where I typed in a word displayed in a graphic on the screen. I clicked a button and my newsletter was instantly delivered. Now I’m recognized by that person’s account, so I’ll never have to repeat the process.

If you get this system you can put in names from your address book ahead of time so your friends will automatically be on your “good emails” list.

Hopefully, your email adress hasn’t been sold across half of cyberspace, and this isn’t a big problem for you (yet). But if you are sick and tired of being deluged by spam, you might want to check out their 30 day free trial.