123 Domain Names UK: Anti-Spam Protection
According to a recent study by Personnel Today spam currently costs UK businesses over £1.3 billion. Sorting and deleting spam is a time consuming annoying task which can often result in "good" emails being deleted accidentally.
123 Domain Names UK utilises the state of the art industry standard Spam Assassin spam filtering software to reduce the occurrence of such unsolicited, unwanted messages. This system uses a combination of unique algorithms together with a database of hundreds of thousands of known spam email addresses and emails to prevent spam reaching your mailbox.This Anti spam service is included with all hosting accounts and stand alone POP3 email packages.
Customised Anti Spam Controls
123 Domain Names UK recognises that all our customers have different needs when it comes to spam protection. As a result we created a simple slider which allows you to select the level of sensitivity you want to spam. This ranges from "over sensitive" to "tolerant" if you're very concerned about any important messages being labeled as spam. To give you even more control you can also build up your own white list of email addresses / domains which should never be considered as spam. This ensures that all important message will get through. Equally you can create a blacklist if spam messages do slip through the filter.
Top Tips for Reducing Spam
No spam filter will every stop 100% of spam so it's worth considering the tips below in conjunction with our anti spam solutions:
- Never reply to a spam email. This confirms that the sender has reached a real, valid email address and will encourage even more spam. You should not allow delivery receipts from spam messages as it has the same effect.
- Avoid forwarding chain letters or mass mailings like this as they are still regarded as spam and spammers will utilise the addresses later.
- Be careful where you post your email address. Many spammers crawl web sites to build lists of email addresses to spam. If you run your own web site consider adding a web form or make the email address an image rather than a text hyperlink.
- Be careful which web sites you give your email address to and be sure to check the box to prevent sites sharing your address with other commercial partners.
- Consider using one "throw away" email address when signing up for free web services and those which are more likely to sell your address. This could be done by creating a separate email forwarder whiich you then delete if you receive a large amount of spam.