On the other hand, I am almost totally unbothered by e-mail spam at home. I see only messages I wish to see, from close friends, relatives and retailers from whom I buy on a regular basis (think Amazon and Netflix). I suppose I could, with a little effort, see what junk has come my way. It’s sitting in a folder in my e-mail program, and occasionally I rouse myself to click on the folder and, after a quick scan, hit the “delete” key.
Other than making it a federal crime—proposals to do just that surface periodically—there are ways we, as users, can fight back. There’s both preventive and after-the-fact therapy. But be warned: The remedies require some thought, preparation and balancing your free and unfettered use of the Internet versus your privacy and, perhaps, sanity. (These suggestions, of course, work from the assumption that you don’t have a full-time I.T. staff screening a mail server; if you do, simply forward them a sample of the junk you get and they’ll do their best to keep it off the e-mail system.)
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