How to Protect Yourself from Spam? A Guide to Temporary Email

Are you tired of annoying spam emails? Every time you open your inbox, is it filled with promotional messages, scam emails, and marketing advertisements? According to Kaspersky Lab's data, over 50% of global emails are spam. This means we spend a significant amount of time cleaning up these useless emails. Even worse, these spam emails can pose security risks, such as phishing scams or malware.

Why Do We Receive So Much Spam?

Have you ever wondered why spam targets you? In fact, our email addresses can be leaked through various channels:

• Leaving email addresses in website comments
• Providing email when registering for various online services
• Publishing email addresses on social media or personal websites
• Sharing email information with certain companies
• Accidentally clicking links in spam emails

These email addresses are collected by so-called "spambots." These automated programs continuously scan websites, forums, and social platforms, collecting every visible email address. Once your email address enters a spammer's database, you'll receive endless spam.

How to Protect Yourself?

1. Be Cautious with Your Real Email

The most basic protection measure is to be careful with your real email address. Especially on unfamiliar or untrusted websites, try to avoid using your primary email. If you must display an email address on a webpage, here's a trick: replace the @ symbol with [at], for example, write user@domain.com as user[at]domain.com to avoid bot scanning.

2. Use Temporary Email Services

For one-time registration needs or when you're unsure about the trustworthiness of a service, using a temporary email is the best choice. Temporary email (also called disposable email or 10-minute email) works like regular email but has several characteristics:

• Instant use, no registration required
• Short validity period, usually from a few minutes to a few days
• Receive-only, cannot send emails
• No attachments, only text and HTML format emails allowed

Using temporary email can effectively avoid spam troubles because these email addresses self-destruct after a short time, so even if spammers get the address, they can't continue harassing you.

3. Use Spam Filters Wisely

Modern email services provide spam filtering features that can:

• Identify spam based on keywords
• Filter based on sender reputation
• Support blacklist creation
• Provide spam reporting functionality

Although spammers are constantly finding ways to bypass these filters, enabling these protection measures is still necessary as they can block most spam.

Most Important Security Advice

Perhaps the most important point is this: if you receive suspicious emails from unknown sources, the best practice is to delete them immediately. Just like you wouldn't open the door to strangers, don't easily open emails from unknown sources. These emails might contain malicious links or virus attachments that could cause bigger problems if clicked.

Remember, protecting your email is protecting your digital life. Use temporary email wisely to keep spam away from your life!

Tips

• Always use reliable permanent email for important accounts
• Prioritize temporary email for one-time registrations or testing
• Regularly clean up email subscription lists
• Use email aliases to track email sources
• Develop good email security habits

We hope this article helps you better protect your email privacy. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us!