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Are you a Spam or Bacn victim?

Posted on 22 August 2007

spamWow ! I am a victim of Spam. Everyday I receive dozens of unsolicited commercial e-mails (UCE), known as "spam". I don't know about others, but I see spam as major annoyance, sometimes it make me feel like want to switch to a new e-mail addresses.

What I wonder most is, How did these people get my email address?

I don't know how come I can become a spam target, it's not just my email but my blog, Spam Karma 2 successfully caught 8487 Spams in my blog comments and it's still counting.

Sometimes I really get fed up with those repeatedly forcing useless products which I really couldn’t care less about viagra logo enhancements, penis enlargement ads or anything else on offer. I don't even need them. :)

After reading a fews articles about spam and how to prevent them. I know that spam will not come if you do not publicly declare your email somewhere. Therefore, e-mail addresses posted on Web sites or in newsgroups attract the most spam. Well, I know there's no foolproof way to prevent spam, but by following some methods you can prevent spam:

  • Disguise e-mail addresses posted in a public. Such as replacing "example@domain.com" with "example at domain dot com" or other variations such as the HTML numeric equivalent, in which "example@domain.com" could be written example@d omain.com.
  • Read carefully when filling out online forms requesting your e-mail address, and exercise your choice. If you don't want to receive e-mail from a Web site operator, don't give them your e-mail address unless they offer the option of declining to receive e-mail and you exercise that option. 
  • Use multiple e-mail addresses. When using an unfamiliar Web site or posting to a newsgroup, establish an e-mail address for that specific purpose.
  • Use a filter. Many ISPs and free e-mail services now provide spam filtering.
  • Short e-mail addresses are easy to guess, and may receive more spam. At least one spammer tried to guess the e-mail addresses used in this study by sending mail to short and common addresses. E-mail addresses composed of short names and initials like bob@ or tse@, or basic combinations like smithj@ or toms@ will probably receive more spam.

Bacn is a new problem now plaguing our email inboxes. Putting it simply, Bacn is email you receive that isn’t spam… And isn’t personal mail. It’s the middle class of email. It’s notifications of a new post to your Facebook wall or a new follower on Twitter. It’s the Google alert for your name and the newsletter from your favorite company.

Not all spam is spam, the latest buzzword. Bacn is the next level of e-mail above spam. You have your high priority mail which you respond to right away. Next you have your middle mail BACN, and then spam. It is something you want or signed up for such as twitter or pownce notifications, company newsletters , friend requests etc. But you do not have the time for right away.

If you want to get rid of bacn. find your solutions at bacn website.

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Kenneth - who has written 140 posts on Million Ringgit Homepage.

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