Here’s how I stop spam emails from ever reaching my inbox
Despite the best efforts of spam blockers in my reception boxes, I always receive dozens of spam emails every day that I must then travel to get to my real emails. The irony is that the more I use my email addresses in online forms, the more spam I am.
But I discovered a way to stop spam to reach my reception boxes. I now use DuckDuckGo’s e-mail protection feature to hide my real email addresses so that spam emails are sent to DuckDuckGo’s designated address instead of mine, but that real emails go to my real address.
In case you have not heard of it, DuckDuckGo is a search engine and a browser that has a series of confidentiality and security features.
More specifically, it blocks third -party trackers and also blocks targeted announcements. It also allows users to delete their data with one click.
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Everything you have to do to disguise your e-mail address is the configuration of a free e-mail address “@ duck.com” in DuckDuckGo and use it as an e-mail address, then designate a transfer address (your real e-mail). Here’s how to do that.
What to do:
- Download and install the DuckDuckGo browser and make it your default browser. Follow the prompts to configure it.
- Download and install the DuckDuckGo tracker search and protection extension.
- Open your DuckDuckGo browser. On the home screen, click on the three bars to the right of the search bar and access protection by e-mail. Click on “start” then “next” and accept the terms and conditions.
- Now follow the prompts to choose a personalized duck address, then in the field below, enter the e-mail address you want emails at your duck address transmitted.
- Now that you have a duck email address, use it instead of the “real address” to prevent spam from reaching your reception box. You can also respond to emails directly from your duck address if you wish.
You can select an alias Duck address to disguise another address.
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