how to stop websites from getting my email address??

[kngai]

How should i setup IE and mozilla to stop websites getting my email address?? Everyday i get junk emails like crazy...

thx

 

[GhettoFob]

how do websites get your email if you don't type them in?

 

[kngai]

i don't type my address on any bogus websites... but i think there are scripts out there that websites use to get the email address...

 

[ElDonAntonio]

nope. The only way a web site can get your email address is if you give it to them. The spam you're getting is either coming because a site you subscribed to sold your address to spammers, or because your address is easily predictable (example: tom45@hotmail.com).

 

[Confused]

Also, never click on Unsubscribe, because all that does is validate your address as one that is active, so it will send you more!

Confused

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: Confused
Also, never click on Unsubscribe, because all that does is validate your address as one that is active, so it will send you more!

Confused

no wonder....i unsubscribe to more and more...instead of less n less...:|

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother

Originally posted by: Confused
Also, never click on Unsubscribe, because all that does is validate your address as one that is active, so it will send you more!

Confused

no wonder....i unsubscribe to more and more...instead of less n less...:|

Yeah, i found this out the hard way! I used to click on all the unsubscribe buttons, then heard in here about 6 months ago that that's what actually happens, but by then i was already getting about 10-20 a day in my Hotmail account. After just deleting them it went down to about 5 a day, then i decided to give up with hotmail and just use my other email account for Messenger - the only thing i had the hotmail account for!

Confused

 

[AnMig]

Try "mailwasher" it enables you to block or bounce back unwanted spam or e-mail. before it is opened in outlook. less stuff to delete once in outlook


peace