Spam

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How to deal with spam?

There are several ways to fight spam. One of them is the use of special filters that automatically send spam to the Spam or Junk Mail folder. You can also manually mark messages as spam so that the system teaches you how to recognize them.

Why is he dangerous?

Spam can be not only annoying but also dangerous. Some spam messages contain viruses or phishing links that can steal your personal information or damage your computer.

How to protect yourself from spam?

To protect yourself from spam, you need to be careful when opening messages from unknown senders and not click on links in suspicious emails. It is also worth using reliable antivirus programs and updating them regularly.

Law

Many countries have laws that prohibit spamming. Unfortunately, however, these laws are not always effective and spam continues to come in.

Spam is a problem that many people face. To fight spam, you can use filters and be careful when you open messages. It is also important to be aware that spam can be dangerous and should be protected from it.

In its general sense

Usually refers to unsolicited e-mail messages, and e-mail messages that meet the following characteristics are included in this category:
1. An email sent for the first time from an address that the recipient has never sent an email from. Emails sent to recipients from the same address after the recipients set them up as normal emails.

2. Other emails sent to recipients from addresses that were declined to receive emails.

3. Emails containing key fields that may be detected by the device's anti-spam or identified and classified as spam by email filters.

4. Emails with false or invalid headers. Use, relay or send via third party internet equipment without consent.

5. Emails with incorrect, misleading or false information in the subject line or content.

6. Emails with sensitive words in subject or content that violate national laws and regulations or QQ Mail's terms of service.

What is a spam bot?

It is worth noting that most of the spam on the Internet comes from spambots, which are programs that automatically send messages or leave comments. These programs automatically fill out forms and disguise themselves as people in order to spread their information as much as possible.

To fend off bots, a group of computer scientists created the CAPTCHA, an online test designed to test bots hosted on the Internet. It's not perfect, but they can help filter out spam bots.

In addition, most cell phone users these days are being attacked by robots, a kind of automated phone spam. Fortunately, there are ways to reduce the impact of automated calls, but spam calls remain a major problem that government agencies are tackling. It's a never-ending battle: wherever communication technologies go in the future, spammers are likely to follow.

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