Email spam is one of the most annoying things in the world, i prefer to get snail mail spam as at least Iam never fooled and their are no risks involved in opening it. Where as email spam  can hold all sorts of nasties such as viruses, spyware & even those annoying Viagra & penis enlargement ads, i already know my penis is to small i don’t want to make it bigger! And even if i did i wouldn’t be taking the advise of some email spammer to get it done! So if email spam annoys you and it’s getting out of hand then here are some free ways to stop or reduce the amount of spam you get, now checking email will not be an unpleasant chore anymore.

Change your email account to a Yahoo/Google email:
Both these services have very good spam protection, even though some minor ones get past you can simply click “mark as spam” and it will make any future messages from this user right into the spam bin. Although changing your email is not ideal for everyone because you have to inform everyone of your email change, but this is great if you only use email to contact close family and friends, Also sometime the spam filters on these services can be very strict and sometimes filter out email you want to read (so check that spam bin every so often!)

Signup to Yahoo Mail
Signup to Google Mail

MailWasher (Freeware)
Mailwasher is ideal if you are using desktop based software to check your email (such as outlook express). It’s free and easy to install & setup, you can setup blacklists and filters to filter out undesirable emails so just put in emails/keywords that you dont want to receive emails from and this program will process your email before it hits the software your using. The bad thing about this is the Freeware is limited to only one account so if you have multiple POP3 accounts setup this software really would not be ideal for you.

Download Mailwasher Free

Well that’s it for now, stay tuned for part two on how to stop email spam