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Good spam filters don’t rely on sender information. Rather, they use Bayesian filters. These filters improve as you use them. I recommend a free filter like MailWasher, POPFile, Spamato, or SpamBayes.
Webmail providers usually have built-in spam filters. Make sure yours is activated. Tag spam that reaches your inbox to improve accuracy.
Choose e-mail addresses carefully
How do spammers get e-mail addresses? They buy mailing lists and harvest addresses from the Web.
You’ll be surprised to learn that they also often just guess e-mail addresses. They use programs that combine simple words.
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