If you’re like most people, you probably use email to communicate with friends and family. But there’s a growing problem that could impact your business: spam. Spam is a type of email that’s designed to get your attention and convince you to do something that the sender doesn’t want you to do. It can be annoying, and it can even cost you money. To protect your email accounts from spam, you need to use Spamavert. This software will help you identify and remove spam from your inboxes quickly and easily. If you’re not already using Spamavert, now is the time to start! It’s free, easy to use, and will help keep your email account clean and safe from spam.
Note: You can use the Firefox extension or directly access the website if you have a different favorite browser.
Options
Once you have the Spamavert extension installed, it is recommended to have a quick look at the options. You can choose a particular prefix and prefix separator (underscore, dash, dot, or plus sign), various options regarding Spamavert functions, and Alias Generation (very nice!).
Using Spamavert
Using the extension is as simple as right clicking in the e-mail address blank and then clicking on “Paste Spamavert address”. It will automatically create and paste a nice temporary address. For our example it created the following address “summer-instructables@spamavert.com”.
What Happens Afterwards?
After you have filled out the particular website form and submitted the information, a new tab will be automatically opened (if you left that option selected). Here is what our first e-mail looked like. Notice that you can also select “Back to overview”, “Subscribe”, and “Forward”…
This is what you will see if you click on “Back to overview”…it shows a complete listing of all e-mails received within the last 7 days. This is a great feature if you are testing a website to see if they send out spam or not.
You can also subscribe via RSS to keep watch on your new temporary Spamavert account.
And if you decide to forward the e-mail from your Spamavert account, select “Forward” and enter the address that you want it sent to.
More Spamavert Goodness
If you are using a different browser, you can go to the Spamavert website and find out how easy it is to create a temporary Spamavert address there (terrific!).
Conclusion
Whether you use Firefox or the website, Spamavert provides a very nice way to avoid all the spam and keep your personal e-mail accounts clean.
Links
Download the Spamavert.com extension (Mozilla Add-ons)
Spamavert Homepage
