From The Naked PC issue #5.05...

Spam vs. Newsgroups

by Dan Butler
February 28, 2002

We all get spam in our email -- all that garbage that clutters up your inbox. If you've ever wondered how they got your name and what you can do about it, this series should help.

Some of the most helpful user-to-user information on the Internet is found on interactive Bulletin Boards and newsgroups. These are also the source of some of the spam you receive. The problem is that spammers use automated programs to extract your email address from those forums, then sell your address to spammers who fill your email box with meaningless trash. How can you stop them?

The first thing you'll want to do is consider using a throwaway email account. Yahoo!, HotMail, and others let you set these up for free. One annoyance is you have to check your mail apart from your Web browser. The bigger issue is, these services are magnets for even more spam, compounding the problem.

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