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/ Spam Proof Your Website
Spam Proof Your Website
by Scott F. Geld
http://www.MarketingBlaster.com
You realize that it's important for visitors to your
Website to be able to contact you by Email, and you want
to provide easy Email access for customers and potential
customers. Somehow though, you need to protect yourself
from a ton of unwanted junk mail (Spam) arriving in your
inbox. With a little forethought you can minimize your
vulnerability.
There are people who compile Email addresses just for
the purposes of selling them to spammers. It's hard to
control Spam when this happens. To fight back against
Spam, the first step is finding out how the spammers got
your Email address in the first place.
A wise Internet marketer uses a Website host provider
that allows unlimited Email addresses or aliases. An
alias refers to an alternate email address that forwards
email to your real address. When you use an alias,
you're 'real' Email address doesn't have to be generally
available and susceptible to Spam. If you have several
employees in your company, you will need multiple
aliases.
You have to provide a contact Email address when you
register your domain name. If you use your real Email
address, then it's readily available to everyone, and
that means the spammers too. When you set up your
domain, use a portable Email address, for example
Hotmail. If you have multiple domains, you should use an
alias
(domains@domain.com) on your primary domain for all
registrations . This allows your email software to
filter and save any legitimate Emails that come to the
alias from your registrar's domain.
You are asking for problems if you use your real Email
address when filling out a Web form or when you
subscribe to a newsletter. It's better to create an
Email address that is unique for each Website or
newsletter. In fact, many Email users create a
customized email address for each newsletter they
receive, or for each Website that they filled in a form.
If for example, you subscribe to a newsletter from
Greatideas.com (fictitious site name) create an Email
address of "greatideas.com@yourdomain.com", and route
the email that this address receives to your real Email
address.
That way you will always know where the Email
originated.
If that address starts getting Spam or junk mail, you
can simply filter it out with your software. Use a
unique Email address if you submit to search engines or
free-for- all pages (FFA.s).
Your own Website can be the biggest source of Email
addresses used by junk mailers. Many Websites list
multiple Emails in their contact details, and any time
an Email appears on your site in plain text, even hidden
in a Javascript or form field, that address can be
captured.
If you want to avoid being the victim of spammers,
always think about where and how your Email address is
broadcast and consider if you are making it easy to be a
victim of unwanted junk mail.
Scott F. Geld is the Director of Marketing for
MarketingBlaster.com, a company providing targeted
traffic and direct leads starting at only $5. For more
info:
http://www.MarketingBlaster.com
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