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SPAM comes in many forms. Of course, I’m not talking about the kind you buy in the store. This is the kind of SPAM that even Hawaiians don’t want to have. I’m talking about good ol’ fashioned unsolicited emails. There are other forms of Internet SPAM (such as blog comment SPAM, discussion board SPAM, and others), but for the purposes of this article about SPAM blocking, I’ll be thinking solely about email SPAM.

There are numerous SPAM blocking solutions out there. Businesses with considerable access and use of their own email server are likely best served by a Barracuda SPAM Firewall. I have this at my office, and it does a great job integrating with our email solution and reducing the quantity of SPAM emails everyone receives each day.

But for most people, we have personal email systems that are provided as a service such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, amongst scores of others. All of these systems have SPAM control systems in place, but they still don’t block all of the SPAM. For instance, I have an account at Yahoo, yet I receive regular emails from a company called Fanbox.

Some how, Fanbox is able to continue to deliver emails into my Inbox despite the considerable amount of obvious SPAM that they send me every day. Since March 27, 2008, I have received 15 emails from “members” of Fanbox who have “asked me questions” or “wanted to be my fan”. Some days, such as March 30 and April 1, Fanbox must have been feeling pretty lucky! They sent me two SPAMs on each of these two days.

I’ve posted several articles about Fanbox SPAM, and based upon the sheer volume of traffic going to these articles, I’m not the only one with SPAM concerns about Fanbox. So, what is the best way to block SPAM from companies like Fanbox? After all, they are sending SPAM but still ending up in my Yahoo inbox.

The best SPAM blocker for your personal email account is really good email protection practices. Something that is great about all the email service providers is that you get these email accounts for free. Use this to your advantage. For example, my Yahoo account is used for most of my public usage. If leave a comment on a blog: Yahoo account. If I register for a website somewhere: Yahoo account. If I fill out a form at an event I go to: Yahoo account. If a friend of mine wants to email me: Yahoo account.

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