IT Support Blog » Email Account http://www.computerwebcare.com It Support forum Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:06:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to Stop Spam in Seven Steps http://www.computerwebcare.com/how-to-stop-spam-in-seven-steps/71/ http://www.computerwebcare.com/how-to-stop-spam-in-seven-steps/71/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:55:50 +0000 Computer Support http://www.computerwebcare.com/how-to-stop-spam-in-seven-steps/71/ Spam is the bane of modern existence, don’t you think? That’s not the meat, but the junk email we all know and hate.

I’m sure you’ve heard of this common computer term.

These messages varies from mortgage rates to “enhancing body parts, to adult images, and their numbers grow every day. Some experts estimate that spam counts for over 90% of all emails!

Spam is named after an old Monty Python sketch which took place in a diner where everything on the menu had spam in it. A group of peopl

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Mistake #1: Using the same password for your accounts. Please don’t do this. Use different passwords for every email account, and definitely use unique passwords for websites where you’d enter your credit card.

Mistake #2: Using short passwords. The risk of someone guessing your password is increasingly difficult the more characters are in it. So, go for the gust

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