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You might have your email address published somewhere on a website. That is a great way to receive a lot of Spam. If you must have your address published, try doing it without the "mailto" tag that makes it into a link. Instead let people just copy and paste it into their emails.

I use a free program called MailWasher. It lets you access your email account, and then you can delete, blacklist, bounce, add to friends list and various other options, before you actually download the mail. The worst thing to do to Spam is to reply, then the spammers know they have a "live" address and will continue to send Spam. If they keep on receiving bounced messages from your address they tend to stop sending after a while. I don't believe we will ever get rid of Spam completely, but I have cut back on mine significantly.

PS: It is also a good idea to run a free program like Spybot Search and Destroy or AdAware every week or two. If you have never cleaned spyware (scumware) from your computer, you will be amazed at the increased performance you get. Google spyware for more info.

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