Spam (Unwanted Email)

You have probably seen an increase in the amount of "junk mail" which shows up in your email box, or on your favorite newsgroup. This is more commonly referred to as "spam." Spam has become a real problem for everyone on the Internet. It costs Kit Carson and other ISP's money to transmit spam and to update their mail servers to stop spam.

Kit Carson does all it can to stop spam, but it is a never-ending battle. The best thing to do with spam is to trash it, remember, "Thy Delete Key Is Thy Friend."

Here are some basic rules on how to limit the spam you receive.

1. Only give out your primary email address to people and companies you trust. Get a free email account from hotmail, yahoo, netscape or other web-based mail services. Use this alternate email address when participating in chat rooms, mailing lists, newsgroups or for filling out online forms.

2. Many times the spammer will have a REMOVE option. Do not reply. If you do, this is one way they verify that your email is valid and you risk being placed on other spam lists.

If you receive email solicitations with this paragraph included somewhere in the message:

"This message is sent in compliance with the new email bill section 301. Under Bill S.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress this message cannot be considered Spam as long as we include the way to be removed, Paragraph (a)(c) of S.1618. Further transmissions to you by the sender of this email may be stopped at no cost to you by sending a request to be removed to __"

BE AWARE that this is but one more attempt by spammers to verify your email address. The bill they refer to "S. 1618" was never passed by Congress. In fact, Congress has not passed any bill related to spam. For more information on current legislation visit: Spam Laws