Spam - Do Not Open

If you find email that you can readily identify as spam in your inbox, your best off not to even open it.

Frequently spammers will load their emails with tracking images. The second you open the email - your mail client calls back to their server - requesting the image. The junk email spam software then performs analysis on the request - and marks your email address as a valid one.

This leads to one thing and one thing only. More spam for you!

Spam address databases a loaded with invalid addresses. A validated email address is worth something to a spammer. They know if they send you a message again, it will in fact go someplace.

The best way to block junk mail is to stop it from getting in your inbox in the first place. Anti-spam software can provide protection from the vast majority of spam. Spam blocking rates of 95 to 98% are not uncommon.

Whenever you install spam email software to block unwanted email, there is always the risk of stopping messages you really want. SpamButcher's fuzzy logic anti-spam technology helps maximize the amount of spam blocked, while still stopping most junk messages.

SpamButcher is available as a free anti-spam trial download from www.spambutcher.com.

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