Spam Filtering Software

Spam (Junk Mail) also known as unsolicited bulk e-mail (ube) or unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) has become a real problem for e-mail these days. It's compounded by people harvesting your e-mail off chat rooms, WebPages and newsgroups. If the internet could once again be ad-free, that would be GREAT! Sadly, the annoying abuse termed direct marketing, bulk mailing or targeted marketing goes on daily.

By using Spam Shield, you can reduce or even completely eliminate junk mail from your inbox.  It all depends on how you use the 'whitelist' feature. When you install it, SpamShield imports your contacts so you never have to worry about missing an important e-mail from a friend, customer or business partner.

In addition to this, when you have junk mail 'spam' you can process it with SpamShield that will safely determine if you can be unsubscribed from whatever mailing list sent it.  This way your e-mail address isn't harvested by spam bots who are looking to confirm your e-mail is working so they can sell it as a 'verified e-mail address'. 

In regards to the 'remove' link pasted into spam you receive, here's a page that explains why you should NEVER use those links or reply! Instead, let SpamShield determine if the spam e-mail can be unsubscribed from.

For me the biggest concern is child safety online being exposed to these deceptive marketers peddling drugs, porn and other unsavory things So you ask...how to get rid of spam? well for starters filtering junk mail is one way using your e-mail client. Blocking spam is another.

The Coalition against unsolicited mail (c.a.u.c.e. for short) has many resources to help educate you in the fight against spam. You as a consumer can also fight back by NEVER BUYING A SPAMMER'S ADVERTISED PRODUCTS/SERVICES. This will put the company paying the spammer out of business.

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Now, back to the more practical solutions of how to get rid of spam. You can use a mail filter software (for Mac or windows) which already knows what spam is. It gets updated online and helps in keeping you from screaming "my in box is full of spam!!". O.K. so now the obvious question: which is the best spam filter? My personal favorite is SpamShield. With it, I am able to receive e-mails of any kind from all my contacts, meanwhile spammers get the door slammed in their face!