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Spam
and how to prevent it
Summary:  Learn about spam (including email hoaxes and urban legends) and what you can do to reduce the amount of spam you receive.

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About spam

Spam is unsolicited email or junk email. Spam is, unfortunately, an abuse of the Internet that you - the end user - ultimately pay for. Not only can spam irritate, but spam can also cause a system outage when excess email clogs up the email servers, preventing non-spam email from getting through. To learn more about spam, go to a search engine, such as New Window www.google.com, and search for spam.

Email hoaxes and urban legends

There are a lot of email hoaxes and urban legends being passed around via email. Check one of these sites to see if an email you received is a hoax or urban legend, so that you are not fooled into forwarding these emails and inadvertently sending spam (unsolicited email) to your friends, family, and colleagues:

Reduce the amount of spam you receive

Learn what BC is doing to address problems with spam.

You can help reduce the amount of spam you receive:

In general, you should find that these measures filter out most spam. However, if you find that you are repetitively receiving a lot of junk email, please report the spam.

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