Tip #3293 - Spam Protection E-mails
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Q:
Sometimes when I send an e-mail out, I get some sort of spam verification
e-mail in return. It tells me to verify my e-mail address for the recipient,
but why do I have to do that? Please explain!
A:
That's a great question. This type of thing is becoming more and more
popular with e-mail users every day. If you've never come across it or
if you haven't signed up for one yet, you probably will in the near, near
future. Okay, so this is basically what happens. You find an e-mail that
you really want to send to some of your friends, co-workers, acquaintances
or whoever. You do that and everything seems to have gone through just
fine. Then five minutes later, you check your e-mail again and you see
some sort of verification e-mail from one of the people you sent the e-mail
to.
This just means that
recipient has a spam protection program covering their e-mails and they
want to verify that they really know you. They basically just want to
cut down on the spam e-mail they are getting and they are able to do that
with the e-mail verification program.
So, what will this
e-mail look like? Well, these can come from various providers and they
all look a little different. They all say pretty much the same thing though.
There are tons of these types of programs available, but some of the more
popular ones are ZoneAlarm, Spam Arrest and SpamCop. No matter which one
you may use, they all work in a similar way.
When you receive this
e-mail, you will see something like "Thank you for sending me your
e-mail" and it will probably list the subject heading you used. It
will also, more than likely, list the date you sent the e-mail on. It
will then go on to say something similar to "In an effort to eliminate
junk mail, I am using (whichever program they're using). It has placed
your e-mail on hold." It will then ask you to click on the link they
have provided to add your e-mail address to the recipient's "Allowed
People" list, in order for the e-mail to go through successfully.
Once you click on
the link, you may have to enter in your e-mail address or it may just
accept it immediately. It will then say something like "E-mail verification
complete. Thank you." You will only have to do the verification once,
so don't think you'll have to go through the process every time you send
an e-mail to that person. When you're done with all of that, you will
be able to send e-mails to that person in the future with absolutely no
trouble whatsoever.
So, do you think you're
now interested in joining the forces to protect yourself against all the
spam e-mail that pesters all of us everyday? If you are, you can sign
yourself up for one of these programs too. As I said earlier, there are
several different ones available, but they all pretty much do the same
thing. Keep in mind though that some of them require a fee. A lot of them
also have a trial period you can use beforehand to just check it out.
You can then decide if you want to pay the money to keep it or not.
If you're interested
in signing up, you can find tons of them online. Just do a search in your
favorite search engine and follow their directions. Even if you don't
want to use one, you now know what these types of e-mails are when you
get them in your Inbox. Either way, it's good to know there are ways you
can go about keeping the e-mail world safe, don't you think?!
~ Erin
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