Tired of Spam? Get sneaky…

Microsoft is serious about spam, but one can always use more help. I’ve been using Sneakemail since my senior year of college. It works great. Create an account on sneakemail. When a web site asks for your email address instead of giving them your actual ISP account, go to sneakemail and create a forwarding address. They do some clever tricks to handle replies from your favorite email application while still protecting your address.

The best advice to avoid spam: don’t create obvious email addresses. BobJ@anything will get nailed. You’re better off using a mix of letters and numbers. Avoid common words and names all together. Think strong password: easy to remember, hard to guess.

To my knowledge, Microsoft does not recommend any email spam solutions (besides our own). This is my own experience, your mileage may vary, etc.