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Use Multiple E-mail Addresses

Consider creating multiple e-mail addresses or accounts. Use one address for family and friends only. Do not post this address online or give it to merchants. Your second address can be used online and for purchases. If you begin to receive unwanted e-mail at this address you can delete that account while not affecting your primary address.

Check with your Internet Service Provider. They may offer additional addresses for little or no fee.

Another solution is to set up a free forwarding address. By using a forwarding address you do not have to give your primary address to merchants or post it online. If you begin to receive unwanted e-mails you can change your forwarding address while not affecting your primary address. Forwarding addresses are available from Bigfoot.com or NetAddress.com. Yahoo! Plus users can create disposable adresses with Yahoo!'s AddressGuard. Messages sent to Yahoo! disposable email addresses will be delivered to your inbox or to any personal folder you select. If a disposable email address begins receiving spam, you can delete it - without affecting your primary address. Yahoo! has developed a good animated tour of the service that illustrates how it works.

Yahoo! AddressGuard video tour This video tutorial shows you how to use the Yahoo! AddressGuard to set and manage disposable email addresses.