Ads, Commercials, and Other Junk E-Mail

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Five years ago, there was virtually no advertising on the Internet. It was a strict self-policing community that drove out anyone who sent out mass mailings of advertising.

Times have changed, however, and each day I find between 5 and 50 pieces of junk mail in my e-mail Inbox. In most cases, like with regular junk mail, all you can do is sigh and delete it.

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America Online has gone a step further in helping you stamp out junk mail; they offer the capability of refusing mail from specific addresses. Use the keyword Mail Controls while logged on with your primary ID, and you can enter an unlimited number of addresses from which you don't wish to receive mail. To eventually eliminate most of the junk mail you receive, simply make a list each day of all the junk mail addresses that sent you something and enter them in the Mail Controls.