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Question from Lisa: My email account is receiving so much SPAM that I’m ready to ditch it and set up a new one.
Is there a trick for setting up an email address so that it won’t end up on some spammer’s email list?
Would something like putting numbers in the middle or along the lines of [email protected] work?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Email is a wonderful tool that allows us to correspond with family members, friends and associates all around the world in just a matter of moments.
Gone are the days of having to write a letter, address an envelope, buy a stamp and send it on its merry way through the postal system with no guarantee that the recipient will receive it in a timely fashion, if at all.
But as the massive Yahoo hack reminded us, all is not perfect in the world of email. [Read more…]
Does it seem like your email inbox receives more junk and SPAM messages each and every day?
If so, it probably takes quite a while for you to wade through all those emails and read the important messages while deleting the junk.
Well, I have a simple tip that can help you clear the junk out of your email inbox in a hurry.
Question from Andy: I’ve been using Twitter for several months and I’ve become pretty active on there. I usually post at least a dozen tweets every day.
The problem I have is lots of spammers have started replying to my tweets with spam offers of all types.
Some days there are so many spam replies that it’s hard to wade through them to read the real replies.
Is there any way to block the spammers from replying to my tweets? [Read more…]
Question from Beverly: I received an email from Google saying my Gmail account was caught sending spam.
They said I have to pay a $100 fine within 48 hours or my Gmail address will be shut down.
This seems like a scam to me, but the email looks real and I can’t afford to take a chance on losing my Gmail address. Everything I do online is linked to that address.
My question: Is this email legit? [Read more…]