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Stop That Spam

Eating more spam than ever? Here's how to keep junk e-mail from ruling your in-box.

Jim Welp

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1. Don't let spam get you down.

Stop for a moment and take a deep breath. Perhaps the single best way to deal with spam is to put it in perspective. By its nature, e-mail feels deeply personal; it's intrusive and irritating to get junk mail in your in-box. But how many pieces of spam do you get each day, anyway? Is it really so terrible?

When you compare spam with telemarketing, AM radio ads, junk postal mail, newspaper advertising, and TV advertising, e-mail spam seems less invasive. It doesn't require killing trees, you don't have to sit patiently while it screams at you until West Wing comes back on, and it doesn't interrupt your dinner. When it comes right down to it, spam probably isn't worth getting your blood pressure up.

Here's your mantra:

Click. Delete.

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