20.7.2000

Coming from the "Caught You Red Handed" department, Lockergnomie Mark Wacholtz knows how to nail e-mail bandits. "With all the spam filling Inboxes these days, it's hard to tell where (and how) the perpetrators acquired your e-mail address. Those fortunate to have their own domains with unlimited aliasing can do one thing to help keep track of these scandals: use separate aliases when subscribing to newsletters or Web accounts." The only mail sent to those addresses should only be the ones you requested. If an alias starts to receive junk mail through it, then you know the list owner was underhanded; you can promptly remove the alias and inform the watchdogs immediately. If you're not with a Web host which offers unlimited aliasing, consider picking up more than one POP3 e-mail account. It's not as easy to manage, but it can be just as effective in tracking trust offenders.