| Spam mail is an e-mail which is sent from | | | | behaviors. The increasing amount of spam |
| someone else. It is considered a junk mail to | | | | mail will lower bandwidth of the network. |
| internet users. One factor that leads spam | | | | Since the year 2001, spam mail has affected |
| mail to the internet users is when they leave | | | | the internet users and has been increasing |
| their e-mail addresses in a Chat room. They | | | | very fast in 2002. Some says that 40% of all |
| might leave it on purpose such as leaving for | | | | e-mails sent around the world are spam, and |
| contacting among themselves. However, | | | | if the amount of spam mail still keeps |
| besides the people they want to contact with, | | | | increasing like this, the percentage could |
| the e-mail addresses which are left there | | | | probably be 70. Furthermore, spam mail |
| might be a way for spammers to send this kind | | | | might not only hassle the users, but it also |
| of e-mail to the users. Besides Chat room, | | | | comes with hidden danger. Nowadays, many |
| there are still many other places that we | | | | viruses imitate the spam mail's |
| might unintentionally leave our e-mail | | | | characteristics by widely spread e-mails to |
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| your e-mail address to some news groups or | | | | infected without any notice. Some viruses |
| web sites, or leaving your email address in | | | | affect users' computers a little bit, but |
| forums. Forum is a public place where anybody | | | | some of them turn your computers into an |
| around the world can see your e-mail address. | | | | e-mail spammer to send spam mail to the |
| They may put your e-mail address in their | | | | others. Recently, organizations or |
| spamming lists. Forwarding e-mail is another | | | | companies face a lot of spam mail problem. |
| factor that can lead spam mail to you. When | | | | The more we use e-mail to communicate, the |
| e-mail is continually forwarded to many | | | | more spam mail problems rise. Because some |
| people, it is very easy for spammers to | | | | companies and organizations realize that spam |
| collect a lot of e-mail addresses because | | | | mail problems will affect their work, they |
| when they receive e-mails, many addresses are | | | | have some solutions to prevent and protect |
| shown in there. Moreover, some companies use | | | | themselves from spam mail. However, they |
| robot engine, such as spider, to search and | | | | still cannot fully rely on the solutions |
| collect e-mail addresses from search engines, | | | | because spam mail is developed all the time. |
| web boards, or forums. They will get a lot of | | | | Protecting Yourself from Spam Mail - Use |
| addresses to spam. Sometimes, they get email | | | | a free e-mail address from Hotmail, Yahoo, or |
| addresses from spy ware hidden under some | | | | Maildozy, to subscribe the news on websites. |
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| behaviors from the users, including e-mail | | | | friends not to forward e-mails to other |
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| e-mails to users according to their | | | | |