Adam, a novice Web user is getting large amount of unsolicited commercial emails on his email address. He suspects that the emails he is receiving are the Spam. Which of the following steps will he ta

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Options

• AClose existing email account and open new email account.
• BForward a copy of the spam to the ISP to make the ISP conscious of the spam.
• CReport the incident to the FTC (The U.S. Federal Trade Commission) by sending a copy of the spam
• DSend an email to the domain administrator responsible for the initiating IP address.

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  78% (35)
• D
  16% (7)

Explanation

The two recommended actions are: forwarding the spam to his ISP (B), which allows the ISP to identify spam sources and take action such as blocking offending senders; and reporting it to the FTC (C) by forwarding spam to [email protected], which is the official U.S. regulatory channel for combating unsolicited commercial email under the CAN-SPAM Act. Closing and opening a new email account (A) is impractical and only a temporary fix since the new address can also be harvested. Emailing the domain administrator of the spam source (D) is ineffective - spammers often use forged headers or compromised servers, and responding confirms your address is active, potentially leading to more spam.

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