Computer and Software Support


Chatrooms

Many people visits the Chatrooms in America Online (AOL). The biggest complaint that people have after visiting a chartroom is that they get slammed with porn mail, spam and other mail. The spammers use the Chatrooms as a means to get email addresses.

Here is a tip to avoid this from happening.

 

America Online lets you create 7 screen names on the account. Designate one of the screennames just for chatting in the Chatrooms. You can also designate 3 screennames as master screen names. As a master screenname, you can change the mail settings from that screenname.

 

Set mail controls to only allow email from addresses you designate. That way the spammers can't spam you on that screen name. The spammers will not get your main screenname that you do use for mail. That will help cut down the number of spam mail that you get.

 

If you meet someone that you want to receive mail from, you can just go to the mail controls and add the person.