Keith:

Forget about trying to Unsubscribe, in most cases. Forget about replying to ask to be unsubscribed.

Learn to recognise SPAM and set up your own filters.

I use Pegasus Mail and ALL mail that comes in to me is filtered. If the filter catches it, it gets moved to a SPAM folder. Once a day I check the SPAM folder to see if wanted emails have been caught - sometimes they have been.

Seeing no wanted emails I "Select All" and "Delete." And thus my SPAM problem is taken care of in seconds.

There are emails that the filter misses. Only because I haven't set it up with those certain words. And sometimes the SPAMMER will do something to the word - like spell it with spaces between each letter - to by-pass SPAM filters. I learn from the SPAM that gets through and add their words and tricks to my filter.

I am currently getting SPAMMED from someone in NY who uses Verizon as their IP. The SPAM has MY FROM ADDRESS on it - as if I am spamming myself. (It's actually someone's infected computer emailing me a virus.)

After a half dozen attempts to get Verizon to block email leaving their system with my From address, I have given up. I simply tweaked my filter to filter those out but to leave email I might send to myself.

Your have to deal with SPAM yourself and in your own way.

I choose to filter it to a SPAM folder for daily mass deleting. My time is too valuable to waste it trying to find a SPAMMER and shut them down. Or to stuff around trying to unsubscribe myself.

I treat SPAM like offline junk mail - one quick look to decide if it stays or goes, and then into the appropriate place (round file for Junk). Takes as much time to do as it takes to look at it.

SPAM takes me less time to deal with because of my filters.

Michael Ross


Proven Business Ideas Here