Block Spam Emails

Reduce/Block Spam Emails-

Spam Emails -Spam emails meaning unsolicited, unwanted, email messages. Spam email does not necessarily contain viruses—sometime valid messages from legitimate sources may fall into spam category.

Steps to reduce the spam emails-

• Check Privacy Policies of the website you visit - Before submitting your email address on any website or downloading any document or application , read that particular organization's privacy policy.
• Beaware of "By default" Options - Sometimes on websites some options are selected by default. If you miss to de-select those options, you could begin to receive emails from those lists and sometime some unwanted software get installed into your system.
• Use E-mail Filters - Using email filters you can  block certain email addresses or you can create a white list of your own contact list.
• Report Spam - You can report a message as spam or junk to that specific website.
• Unsubscribe Your Email Address:- You can unsubscribe your email id any time . For example you subscribed on any abc.com website for newsletters but now you no longer wish to get the newsletters. Visit abc.com and there you find a "Unsubscribe" button.
• Never click on web links in spam messages - By clicking on a weblink within an email message or reply to a certain address, you confirm that your email address is valid.
• Disable the automatic downloading of graphics in HTML mail
• Use Privacy Settings on Social Networking Websites - Social networking sites  allow you to choose who has access to see your email addresses.

Let us understand it in detail by facebook example-

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Manage -who can contact you, can see your stuff

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Restrict/Block Users and Block App Invites

 

Now lets understand Google+ Settings:-

Control who to interact and who can see you on google+

Manage apps which you have linked with your google account

 Manage Google+ profile tabs visible to your profile visitors

Manage Google+ profile tabs visible to your profile visitors