What is spam?
Spam is
- unsolicited e-mail.
- e-mail advertising for some product sent in bulk to a list of “harvested” e-mail addresses.
How do I get spam?
- Giving our your e-mail address
- "Dictionary attacks"
- Postings on listservs or newsgroups
- Selling of e-mail address lists
- e-mail address on a Web page harvested by "Web spiders" or robots
How can I reduce spam?
- Some spam is simply a “Fact of Life”
- Be careful when opening unwanted e-mail.
- “If it’s too good to be true...” (delete it - don’t respond to it)
- Do not reply to a spam e-mail requesting to be removed from their list.
- Be careful when giving out your e-mail address.
- Read privacy policies before leaving e-mail address on a Web form. Most companies respect your choices. Sample Privacy Policy
What is Calvin doing about spam?
Calvin's Spam Firewall blocks much of the spam e-mail before it is sent to your personal e-mail address using several spam blocking algorithms. It currently is blocking approximately 80% of all incoming e-mail because it identifies it as spam or as containing viruses.
You can also setup your own account on Calvin's Spam firewall.
