Are chain mails legal?

lockwood · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 4

I have a PC for while and it worked just fine. Since last week, I cannot defend from some chain mail spam and all sort of email hoaxes. I don't know how they find me, but every day it got worse. Every new day I have more and more spammers attacking me. Are chain mails legal? How long is the history of internet spam?

matteo · Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 124

The chain mails are illegal and Government issues a special warning about that problem. The history of internet spam is almost as old as internet itself. If you don't want to be infected, you have to practice personal hygiene. It is almost the same online. If you don't want to infect you should respect few basic rules of cyber space hygiene. Never register your main mail address on any email list unless you have recommendation from other users. If that list belongs to spammers, they will trade your address to other spammers. That way you will find yourself in the situation like yours now. The other thing is to avoid opening any mail from unknown user or with "best offer you can get". That also worth for email hoax like "You're a winner" or "Your ticket win on our lottery" etc. In your case, because you are already infected, you will have to find the external cure for your illness. I could personally recommend you the program Mailwasher. That program intercept your emails and delete the spam for you, therefore you do not need to deal with it.

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