Whats the best way to protect myself against spam?
The only way to protect yourself is to make sure your email address never goes out to anybody you don’t trust to keep it secret. That’s really hard, and pretty much impossible if you want to be able to receive email from people you don’t know. A complete tutorial on all the ways your address can get out is beyond the scope of this FAQ. There are some services out there that try to block spam. They probably work most of the time. Sign up for one if it’s worth the money to you. Note that spam-blocking systems invariably risk blocking some messages that are not spam. Better ones minimize this problem.
