Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, wiki spam, mobile phone messaging spam, internet forum spam and junk fax transmissions.
Spamming is economically viable because advertisers have no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing lists, and it is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings. Because the barrier to entry is so low, spammers are numerous, and the volume of unsolicited mail has become very high. The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which have been forced to add extra capacity to cope with the deluge. Spamming is widely reviled, and has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions.
What you can do to prevent SPAM:
Laurel Highland Total Communications has a SPAM filter in place for your lhtot.com e-mail. You have the ability to check your SPAM e-mails using the WebMail client at http://webmail.lhtot.com.
Besides using the webmail, if you have a personal e-mail address through another provider, such as Yahoo! Mail or MSN Hotmail, they have a SPAM filter in place as well.
One precaution you can take to prevent SPAM e-mails is to not type your e-mail address anywhere that is not a legit site. Many websites sell e-mail addresses to third party companies (usually Spammers) which then send SPAM to your e-mail address. Read the disclaimers on sites to make sure that they do not sell addresses before you enter your e-mail address. The disclaimer is usually shown during the sign-up process or at the bottom of the website you are viewing.
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