Email has become one of the most important way of communication today, and many professionals need to check email every now and then to keep in touch with the business.  However, while people are enjoying the convenience of the free communication, many people are bothered by the spam emails received everyday.  According to the definition of wikipedia, the spam email  is ” a subset of electronic spam involving nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by email. Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk”.

People send email spam to promote their product, services or to attract traffic to their websites. The problem can be huge. Once I was attacked by some spammer, and my email account was sending out spam mails everywhere. In the end, hot-mail has to block my account. In terms of spam control, there are several recommendations as followed.

– Use more than one email address.

– Try not to expose your personal email address on public website. It is estimated that 95% of spam mails are caused by posting one’s email address publicly.

– Use spam blocking tools. They are available from most web mail providers.

– Remember to report a spam if you get one.

Here’s a YouTube video tutorial about how to protect yourself from spam