It is virtually impossible to avoid having your email address end up on a spammer’s mailing list. You can, however, take steps to minimize the amount of spam that you receive.
Here are my top 4:
Address Munging
Never ever post your email address online this is a sure fire way of being added to a spammers list. If it is a must that you need to give your email address to members of a forum be sure to disguise it so that a spammer’s bots cannot read it. Example instead of `joebloggs@joe.com` you should use `joeblogges[@]Joe[dot]com` Make sure that if you own a website you have a contact form instead of placing your email address on your website. Read the rest of this entry »
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Viral marketing has definitely gained its popularity over the global network. More and more businesses are adopting this marketing strategy to gain their fair share in the market. The approach developed by Hotmail in increasing its number of subscribers is one classic example of viral marketing.
