
Protect Yourself from Spam
Spam is unsolicited "junk" e-mail sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services. Sexually explicit unsolicited e-mail is called "porn spam." Also refers to inappropriate promotional or commercial postings to discussion groups or bulletin boards. (this definition came from www.getnetwise.org )
How can I slow down the Spam into my email box?
- Never click on the unsubscribe link in the spam. Some spammers guess at email addresses, when you click on the unsubscribe link they know your email address is a good one and add it to a list that they will sell to other spammers.
- Never buy anything advertised in an email spam. This is the reason it is profitable for them.
- Never visit a web site advertised in an email spam. They can track where you came from and will most likely put some Spyware on your computer.
Some facts about Spam at the New Hope Telephone Cooperative.
- We get, on average, 125,000 pieces of email a day through our email servers.
- 90 percent of that is Spam.
- Some days the amount of email we get is closer to 150,000 with 90 percent still being Spam
- We have a Spam filter that blocks this 90 percent, there is no action required by our customers.
- We have an additional Spam filter that you can setup, go to our Spam Filter Setup page or call Tech Support at 723-8940
- Forward any spam to our spam filter, it will learn what is and is not spam, this must be forwarded 'as an attachment'. If you need help doing this, then call our tech support at 723-8940. The more this is done by our customers the better the spam filter will be. The address of the spam filter is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text90326 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //-->\n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
