A lot of time is lost deleting undesired e-mails. But that doesn't have to be the case. Of course, you should only give your e-mail address to legitimate partners and also use the spam filter function provided by your webmail, provider, or company as well as a second self-learning filter in your own e-mail program. You should also use only a second "disposable" e-mail address for competitions and forums.
Apart from the above, there are also a few professional hints to keep your inbox clean:

1. Choose an e-mail address with xyz
   If possible, don't use typical combinations (asmith@domain.com, john.brown@domain.com), don't create a very short address (ab@domain.com, susy@domain.com), but instead, use the end of the alphabet (zebra@domain.com, xyandrew@domain.com). The reason: Spam lists are often processed alphabetically
2. Use disposable e-mail addresses
   if you think that a website is dubious, but you have to provide an e-mail address, you can obtain addresses with a limited life from providers such as spamgourmet.com.
3. Code e-mail on websites
   You shouldn't enter e-mail addresses on websites in text format, as spammers use harvesters (search robots) to search the Internet for e-mail addresses (…@…). If you want to provide your e-mail address on your website, save it as an image (gif).
4. Disable your automatic Out of Office Assistant
   Automatic out of office assistants also confirm to spammers that it is a proper address. Therefore, disable tools such as this.
5. Suppress loadable e-mail content
   Many spammers build web bugs and other loadable content into their spam and can then see whether the sent e-mail was opened, which would confirm that the e-mail address is correct. To prevent this, set your e-mail client so that no external content can be loaded automatically. To make sure that viruses have no chance of infecting your system, you should also disable the preview function of e-mails.

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