How to reduce spam

5 simple rules on reducing the amount of spam your receive

At R&G Design, we hate spam. We're sure you hate it also. We have listed below a few simple rules to help protect you against the persistent annoyance of spam.

Don't add email address links to your website

Automated programmes trawl websites looking for email addresses, adding them to lists without your permission. These programmes often look for email addresses which contain a link, allowing users to open a new message in Outlook. If you wish to advertise email addresses on your website, we suggest not adding a link. Customers can still type your email address into a new message.

Don't use generic email addresses

Once a 'spam bot' finds your website, it will often send emails to all the obvious email addresses. For example: mail@, info@, support@ and admin@.
Try and be a little more imaginative with your email addresses. This will not only help in the war against spam but will also make your email address stand out. For example: getintouch@, beinspired@, talk2us@.

Don't use first names only i.e. john@

For the same reason as above, these addresses can be guessed and within a few minutes a flood of spam begins to arrive. Instead of just firstname opt for firstname.surname@. An added benefit is that it makes sure your contacts really know who you are.

Don’t send bulk emails using CC or BCC

If you’re sending the latest Funny Friday, or a quick promotional email to friends and/or colleagues, don’t use CC or BCC. These types of email have a tendency to be passed on to persons unknown. The result is that everyone you’ve listed as an original recipient could be easily added to a list by an unscrupulous individual. What makes this worse is that not only are the original recipients easily visible, but also the subsequent chain(s) of people.

Turn off your catch-all

Catch-alls are generic mail boxes that collect all email not being sent to a named account. The up-side of catch-alls is that if someone spells an email address incorrectly then you still have a chance to access the message. The downside is that automated mailers send emails to randomuser@yourdomain.com. So by removing your catch-all email account you will stop the majority of junk messages.

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