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This resource page is a supplement to the May 21, 2001 issue Stop That Spam! This resource page is a supplement to the May 21, 2001 issue of the Ask Vicki ezine. If you stumbled on this page and you're not yet a subscriber, you can subscribe FREE from here: www.eHits.com/AskVicki Dear Vicki, Help, I am buried in junkmail !!! My time and energies in managing this problem has affected my business. I have heard about something called "Unicode" which can reduce my spam. Have you heard if this, and how can I use it? (and, is it free?) Sincerely, Buried in Brunswick ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dear Buried, You are certainly not alone! Dealing with spam is a concern of virtually all online marketers. Yes, you are correct about "Unicode"... and yes, it is free for anyone to use. Before we dive in, I'd like to offer you an evaluation copy of Traffic 2000, which you can download while you are reading this. Just click to www.Traffic2000.com/download (this page will open in a new window) This is the best marketing course you'll find anywhere, it's won awards and is recommended by 33 (yes 33!) top ezine publishers. The download takes about 5 minutes, so start it now and by the time you get to the bottom of this webpage it will be downloaded. Now back to our discussion. Spammers collect email addresses using "harvesting" software to spider entire websites. To protect your email address from being harvested by spammers, simply convert it to "Unicode" format, and insert it into your webpage HTML. To give you an idea of what Unicode looks like, here's the email address fred@mail.com in unicode: fred@mail.com If you insert the above into an HTML document, it will display in a web browser as: fred@mail.com But the spam harvesting software will read it in it's raw unicode format, rendering it useless for use by the spammer. You can use the online tool below to convert any email address into Unicode format: UNICODE TOOL Type your email address here: This is your "unicode" email address:   INSTRUCTIONS: Type your full email address into the first box, then click. The unicode version of your email address will appear in the second box. Copy/paste your unicoded email address, and insert into your webpage HTML documents, in place of the plain text version of your email addresses. Display your webpage in a browser, and verify that your email address displays correctly. Also make sure your email hotlinks work correctly. To protect your email address from being harvested by spammers, make sure the plain text version does not appear in any of your website's HTML files. This tool uses the ISO-Latin-1 codeset. Until next week, See Ya! Sincerely, Victoria Steele www.eHits.com/AskVicki