Spam Blockers And The Average Consumer
By Scott Lindsay
Spam blockers are absolutely essential to sanity in email
correspondence. Chances are pretty strong that if you have
signed up for something online you will be barraged with
emails. It is also quite probable that your email address will
be sold to third party marketers and you will receive
unwanted correspondence from more than one party.
This is why spam blocking is so important.
By Scott Lindsay
Spam blockers are absolutely essential to sanity in email
correspondence. Chances are pretty strong that if you have
signed up for something online you will be barraged with
emails. It is also quite probable that your email address will
be sold to third party marketers and you will receive
unwanted correspondence from more than one party.
This is why spam blocking is so important.
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likelihood of this dread scourge and may send it to your
spam folder bypassing your inbox. One of the primary
filters used to determine spam is whether the email is
sent to you individually or if it is part of a multi-recipient list.
You can go into your spam folder and whitelist or tell your
spam folder to allow certain emails through even if they
appear to be spam from the standpoint of your email
protocol.
Another filer for spam retention is based on certain
keywords. There are standard keywords and then there are
keywords you might want to include.
You can check your spam folder and attempt to
unsubscribe from whatever list thinks you are a part of it.
However, there is some speculation that any
correspondence with a spammer may ultimately result in
more unwanted emails. Why? Simply because the
spammer now knows that someone actually owns the
email address and looks through the information that is
sent. This is reminiscent of the time prior to the do not call
list when computers phoned individuals hoping that
someone would answer. When they did, that number was
often sold as an active account and sold to other
telemarketing firms.
The good news is most email programs will flush the
spam periodically so, unless you think you might actually
have email to review in your spam folder, your email
program should remove the unwanted emails eventually
and regularly.
I suppose spam blockers may be one of the best ways to
manage this problem. If online email becomes too
regulated it also becomes nearly impossible to do
business using email marketing. I have even found
evidence (and you probably have, too) that even
correspondence you may desire can be caught in the
spam folder. It doesn't hurt to review your spam folder from
time to time just to make sure there isn't something you
need.
One of the downfalls of spam blockers is when they see a
large number of emails coming in from one email address
and determine that this is an abuse and render that
sender to the spam folder.
I have a friend who provides a service of historical data for
each day of the year. He always sends that information in
advance and some clients find the emails in the spam
folder simply because a weeks worth of daily content was
mailed on the same day.
Spam blockers are becoming increasingly intuitive and are
doing an admirable job in keeping unwanted messages
from reaching your inbox.
Work to separate the desired mail in your spam folder from
the material that generally deals in pharmaceuticals,
mortgages and multiple business offers.
spam folder bypassing your inbox. One of the primary
filters used to determine spam is whether the email is
sent to you individually or if it is part of a multi-recipient list.
You can go into your spam folder and whitelist or tell your
spam folder to allow certain emails through even if they
appear to be spam from the standpoint of your email
protocol.
Another filer for spam retention is based on certain
keywords. There are standard keywords and then there are
keywords you might want to include.
You can check your spam folder and attempt to
unsubscribe from whatever list thinks you are a part of it.
However, there is some speculation that any
correspondence with a spammer may ultimately result in
more unwanted emails. Why? Simply because the
spammer now knows that someone actually owns the
email address and looks through the information that is
sent. This is reminiscent of the time prior to the do not call
list when computers phoned individuals hoping that
someone would answer. When they did, that number was
often sold as an active account and sold to other
telemarketing firms.
The good news is most email programs will flush the
spam periodically so, unless you think you might actually
have email to review in your spam folder, your email
program should remove the unwanted emails eventually
and regularly.
I suppose spam blockers may be one of the best ways to
manage this problem. If online email becomes too
regulated it also becomes nearly impossible to do
business using email marketing. I have even found
evidence (and you probably have, too) that even
correspondence you may desire can be caught in the
spam folder. It doesn't hurt to review your spam folder from
time to time just to make sure there isn't something you
need.
One of the downfalls of spam blockers is when they see a
large number of emails coming in from one email address
and determine that this is an abuse and render that
sender to the spam folder.
I have a friend who provides a service of historical data for
each day of the year. He always sends that information in
advance and some clients find the emails in the spam
folder simply because a weeks worth of daily content was
mailed on the same day.
Spam blockers are becoming increasingly intuitive and are
doing an admirable job in keeping unwanted messages
from reaching your inbox.
Work to separate the desired mail in your spam folder from
the material that generally deals in pharmaceuticals,
mortgages and multiple business offers.
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