To Sum It All Up...

So there you have it. This was everything that you need to know in order to recognize, and get rid of spam; At least from your own inbox. These methods will help you to keep your inbox safe, but it will not completely rid the world of spam.

Right now, there is no sure fire method of ensuring that you will never have spam in your inbox, but for now, there are some things that you can do. If you follow the advice from this manual, you should have at least 90% of your emails be from people that you actually want to hear from. By reading this manual, you have learned how to show those spammers out there that you are in charge of your emails, not them. Good for you!

With this manual you have successfully learned how to:

Identify spam when it is put into your inbox.

Identify the different methods that are used to get through your filters.

Prevent spam from reaching your inbox

Recognize the various spam scams out there

Prevent the acceptance of viruses, worms, and Trojans, into your inbox

To avoid accidentally sending spam to your friends and family

How to use password encryption

Resources

Included some excellent links and resources for you to find out all of the information that you will require about spam. There will also be some links for you to learn the current spam laws, and get some of the current filters and downloads that will help you win your war against spam.

http://www.paulgraham.com/antispam.html

http://www.paulgraham.com/stopspam.html

http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2243641

http://www.stopspam.org

http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam

http://www.spamprimer.com

http://www.spamarrest.com (challenge/response filtering)

http://www.spamlaws.com

http://www.yahoo.com/spam

http://www.boco.net/spamming.html

http://www.viralbuzz.com/stop_email_spam.html