ABOUT ALL THAT SPAM

Spam continues to be a problem despite everyone's best efforts. Because of the design of the entire e-mail system, truly solving the problem may require a totally new system. Until something like that happens, eliminating spam won't be possible. But reducing it is something we can all work towards.

On our end, we have now found an acceptable server-based spam solution which we can provide to your Johnson Services' hosted mailboxes at a reasonable price. Complete a service request for details or to sign up.

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There are also several steps you can take as well. Be sure to use an e-mail account from Yahoo, Hotmail, GMail or other free service whenever you are providing an address to an untrusted website. If you suddenly start receiving a lot of spam at that e-mail address, you can easily cancel the account and open another. This helps keep your business-related e-mail address away from those sites. Also, if your e-mail address is listed on your website, consider removing it and replacing it with a contact form. Many spammers use automated "robots" to collect e-mail addresses from websites. If your address is not displayed, they can't get it. The contact form allows contact with your website visitors to continue without too much inconvenience.

You can also use Outlook's Junk Mail filters, or use other junk mail filters on your own computer. A quick Google search on "spam outlook" should yield several acceptable free or low cost solutions.

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