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2003/01/23 ( 11:44 AM ) cxjo mitch's guide to stopping spam: 1. Use Mozilla or Netscape to read mail. A lot of you have a Yahoo or Hotmail account, so you have to pay them to get POP/IMAP access. Ask your friends, maybe you can get a POP/IMAP account another way. 2. Upgrade to Mozilla 1.3. The final version hasn't been released yet, so you may want to wait a few months. The really nice thing about 1.3 is it includes a Bayesian spam filter. This is a kind of artificial intelligence.. it will take the spam out based on the probability that it is spam. Supposedly it is very good. 3. Turn off view message pane. In Mozilla or Netscape, go to View->Show/Hide->Message Pane, and make sure it is not checked. The reason for this is, many spammers are including tracking elements in their messages. If you open the message, it will start to load pictures, some of the pictures may even be invisible. Attached to the picture is a message that is sent back to the originating server that indicates the address used to get to you and the fact that you viewed the message. At this point, the spammer knows that your address is valid and they will start to send you more spam. They will even start to target you for certain things based upon which messages you open, and which links you follow inside the message. Turning off the message pane prevents the message from opening automatically, so you have a chance to investigate the message before actually viewing the message. 4. Investigate suspect messages. If you suspect a message is spam, but you aren't certain since it may be from a friend or colleague, you can check it out without viewing it first. Simply select the message (single-click) and then View->Message Source, or control-u. This will show you the contents of the message without the sender knowing you viewed it. After you are sure the message is from a trusted source, you can close the "view source" window and open the message to view it (double-click). 5. Use BCC for mass email. If you're going to send a mass email, please put the recipients into the BCC field. Spammers often try to harvest email addresses out of long chain emails with tons of forwarded addresses inside. Please don't contribute to the list of addresses, and don't subject your friends to spam. This guide is not complete! More will be added in the future. #
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