.Tel Cures Spam?

.Tel Cures Spam?
June 30th, 2009
This is a bold claim. Can it be true? Let’s take a look at the possibilities and see…

You start with an e-mail address.

The more it gets used, the higher the likelihood that it gets picked up or passed to a spammer. Once this address hits the point of being spammed too much, you decide to change your address. Now the joy begins.

You need to e-mail all of your friends “My e-mail address has changed”.
You need to update all of your accounts, profiles, forwards, application settings, etc.
You need to deal with the leftover people who don’t get your new address and lose potential contacts.

Enter dot-tel…

Instead of spreading your actual e-mail address, you spread your .tel as your contact point. People add it to their address books and e-mail programs and those programs automatically update your address if it changes.

Should your e-mail address get picked up and put on a list, no worries. Everyone who you want to have your proper information will have your dot-tel address. When you change your e-mail address, all of those people will have the new address instantly. It is not as likely that your address would be picked up if you make it private to your friends, coworkers, family, etc. With TelFriends, that address is protected from undesirables.

Using disposable e-mail addresses as a method for spam reduction is not new but with .tel the process becomes simplified. A .tel address gives you the opportunity to easily manage disposable e-mail addresses and this reason alone makes having a .tel address worthwhile. If your address is a moving target, instead of a stationary one, spammers will find it harder to hit you.

Is .tel the cure for spam? As people make the transition to .tel addresses from other contact methods, we will certainly find out.