--- title: 5 Easy Ways To Avoid SPAM Email description: Is your number of unread emails growing exponentially? Reduce junk to prevent missing important emails! 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Use a disposable e-mail address.  If you buy products online or occasionally subscribe to web sites that interest you, chances are you’re going to get spammed.  To avoid your main e-mail address from ending up on their broadcast list, set up a free Internet e-mail address with Hotmail or Gmail and use it when buying or opting in to online newsletters. You can also use a throwaway e-mail address when subscribing to newsletters (see #4 below).    ### 2. Pay attention to check boxes that automatically opt you in.  Whenever you subscribe to a website or make a purchase online, be very watchful of small, pre-checked boxes that say, “Yes! I want to receive offers from third party companies.”  If you do not un-check the box to opt-out, your e-mail address can (and will) be sold to online advertisers.  To keep this from happening, simply take a closer look at every online form you fill out.     ### **[![New Call-to-Action](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/345825/c03ba652-e218-423d-aaf1-705a2759c738.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/345825/c03ba652-e218-423d-aaf1-705a2759c738)**3. Don’t post your main e-mail address on your website, web forums, or newsgroups Spammers have special programs that glean e-mail addresses from websites without your permission. If you are posting to a web forum or newsgroup, use your disposable e-mail address instead of your main e-mail address. If you want to post an e-mail address on your home page, use “info@” and have all replies forwarded to a folder in your in-box that won’t interfere with your main address.   ### 4. Create traceable e-mail accounts If you own a web domain, all mail going to an address at your domain is probably set up to come directly to you by default.  For example, an e-mail addressed to [anything@yourdomain.com](mailto:anything@yourdomain.com) will be delivered to your in-box. This is a great way to fight unsolicited messages without missing out on the important e-mails you want to receive. The next time you sign up for a newsletter, use the title of the website in your e-mail address. For example, if the website is titled “www.greatwidgets.com,” enter "greatwidgets@yourdomain.com" as your e-mail address. If you get spammed, look at what address the spam was sent to. If greatwidgets@yourdomain.com shows up as the original recipient, you know the source since that e-mail address was unique to that web site. Now you can easily stop the spam by making any e-mail sent to that address bounce back to the sender.   ### 5. Don’t open, reply to or try to opt-out of obvious spam Opening, replying to, or even clicking a bogus opt-out link in an obvious junk message signals the sender that your e-mail address is active, and more spam will follow. The only time it is safe to click on the opt-out link or reply to the e-mail is when the message was sent from a company you know or do business with (for example, a company that you purchase from or a newsletter you subscribed to).   SEE ALSO: [Tips To Keep Your Windows Computer Running Smoothly](https://blog.envisionitsolutions.com/tips-to-keep-your-windows-computer-running-smoothly-) ![Kevin Gray](https://blog.envisionitsolutions.com/hubfs/kevin-author.jpg) ###### ABOUT THE AUTHOR | Kevin Gray Hello! 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