Updates on Spam/Spam Email and its lawsuits

QuickView on Spam (Unsolicited email or unwanted email)
You may receive a lot of junk emails or spam from people you don't know. As many people and marketers are using email to sell their products and services, bombarding every single email inbox for their advertisement. Unsolicited email (known as 'spam') is annoying and time-consuming.

How the spammers get hold of your email address? If you have ever made your email address appear in public like newsgroup posting, on a website, in a chat room, or in a online service's membership directory, your email address will have higher chance get listed by the spammer or list broker. Once the spammer found your email address, they use special software to spam and send out thousands of unsolicited email selling their products or services.

How can you minimize receiving Spam?
.:. Try not to display your email address in public including newsgroups and chat rooms,etc.
.:. Opt out of member directories for online services if you don't really need them
.:. Use a unique email address to avoid 'dictionary attacks'. example: j51x02oe for joe at...
.:. Use two email addresses - one for personal messages and one for newsgroups, etc.
.:. Use an email filter to remove potential spam
.:. Uncheck the box to receive unnecessary email from their 'partners' when you submit the form of a site
.:. Check the privacy policy when you submit your address to a site, see if it allows the company to sell your email address.

To find out more details, click here to check out 'Spam Email' by Federal Trade Commission.
Click here to check the Spam Laws for United States, European Union and other countries.
Click here to check the Spam Litigation.
Check out here for Spam Message Boards from Yahoo! News
If you keep receiving unwanted or deceptive email or messages, report the spam to uce at ftc. gov.
There is some commercial spam software to avoid receiving junk email. Spam arrest. com is one of the typical spam preventive software.