|
Back to previous page
Quickly Eliminate 100% of Your Junk Email
by Anthony Vita
Why do so many people think I need to take Viagra? I guess it’s for the
same reason others believe I want to re-finance my home, invest in a new
stock and sell my business.
Like you, I routinely receive more junk emails than legitimate ones. Do I
look stupid or do they really think I want the latest virus by opening any
attachment which accompanies an unsolicited email? Aren’t there laws
against spamming and why don’t they work? Perhaps these are questions for
other articles. What you need to know now is that I have found a way to
keep unwanted emails from ever seeing your inbox.
For the past year I have been using a program called “Boxtrapper”. Until
this time I had been relying on various spam filters that used keywords or
other factors to determine if an email was spam. The success rate for this
type of filtering varied as spammers eventually found ways around the
“formula” being used by the filter. For example, the word “Valium” may be
flagged as a spam indicator while the misspelled version, “Va Lium”, would
get by unnoticed. This is just one of many examples of how spammers
manipulate words to beat filtering. The biggest problem is when spammers
“spoof” the header information in an email so it’s nearly impossible to
trace who sent the message. I have even seen instances of people receiving
spam emails that appear to have come from themselves!
When you try to beat the spammers on this level you quickly find yourself
running in circles and sadly realizing this is an ineffective way to guard
against every spam email. A friend suggested I try “Boxtrapper” because it
had eliminated ALL spam from his inbox. Since I have many email accounts,
I decided to try it on my personal address and test its effectiveness.
Immediately I could see the difference.
The reason “Boxtrapper” is so effective is because of it’s “opt-in”
design. Basically, no email can reach you unless the sender has confirmed
they are legitimate. Once they have been confirmed, their email address is
added to a “whitelist”. I’m sure you’ve heard the term “blacklist”, which
is used to filter out names. In this case a whitelist is maintained to
show who is allowed to email you.
To better understand how “Boxtrapper” works, I will explain what happens
when a legitimate email from a friend comes your way. First, when a friend
sends you an email, he will automatically receive an email reply (known as
an “auto response”). This email will tell him to simply hit his “Reply”
button and resend in order to be added to your list of accepted senders.
You can fully customize the auto response message so it reads exactly how
you prefer.
For example, this is how my auto response reads:
------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
Since I get way too much spam, I have enabled a feature on my email
account which requires verification that you are the real sender.
To complete this verification, simply reply to this message and leave the
subject line intact.
Once you are added to my "whitelist" of accepted senders I will receive
your message and you will not have to complete another verification.
--------------------------------------------------------------
You can also enter the email addresses of all your friends, family, and
business contacts ahead of time so they never receive the initial auto
response. If you subscribe to newsletters or receive monthly statements
from your bank you can add their return addresses into your whitelist so
you never miss a message. If anyone else happens to email you, all they
have to do is reply to the auto response and they are added to your
whitelist. At any given time you are able to view a list of emails
awaiting verification (known as a “queue”). You can manually allow emails
through to your Inbox or wait until they are verified.
Now the big question – what happens to all the spam? Since spammers are
not going to verify they received your auto response, all spam email will
be caught in your queue of emails awaiting verification and never proceed
to your inbox. This means the only emails you are going to receive are
those by approved senders. You will soon find that most emails awaiting
verification are unsolicited, junk emails.
Since enabling “Boxtrapper” on one of my personal email addresses it has
completely eliminated all incoming spam. I know many who use this feature
and they are extremely pleased with not having to waste time sorting
through and deleting unsolicited emails. While most spam filters use
complex formulas to find out if an email is garbage, “Boxtrapper” is able
to quickly determine if the sender is real. So, how can you start making
this feature work for you?
Because “Boxtrapper” is not sold in stores or a program you can readily
download and install on your computer, it’s one of the best kept secrets
on the web. This feature is normally bundled with other email services
provided by either your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or website host
(most likely, the latter). By the way, I don’t have any stock in
“Boxtrapper”. For some reason, they never sent me an email asking me to
invest.
Copyright 2005 Anthony Vita
About The Author: Anthony Vita started his own successful web
hosting business, Web Feat, Inc, in 1997. Since then, Anthony has been
helping businesses and individuals worldwide to achieve an online
presence. Contact Anthony today by email: avita@webfeathost.com or the
web: http://www.webfeathost.com/
| 
