Protect Your E-Mail Address

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Brian Livingston
Brian Livingston
Published: Jun 22, 2004
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
1 minute read
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Like most e-mail users, you probably get a ton of unsolicited messages, and you may be getting more and more every month. Filtering software can help you sort out the obvious spam, but it still takes time to examine all the e-mails a spam filter puts into the in-between category of “it may be spam, it may not be.” (To view PC Magazines recent reviews of spam filters, go to www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1472754,00.asp.) Wouldnt you rather avoid some of that spam in the first place?

In a series of experiments, the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., created dozens of new e-mail addresses and then used them in various ways to see which addresses would receive the most spam.

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Brian Livingston

Brian Livingston has more than 30 years' experience as a computer manager and technology writer. His latest book is Muscular Portfolios. He is also the author or co-author of 11 books on Windows software.

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