{"id":15271,"date":"2024-09-05T19:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.com\/blog\/?p=15271"},"modified":"2024-09-05T19:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:24:04","slug":"protecting-rss-com-podcasters-from-email-spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rss.com\/blog\/protecting-rss-com-podcasters-from-email-spam\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting RSS.com Podcasters From Email Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who likes email spam? Not us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSS.com is excited to announce privacy improvements to better protect the identities of our podcasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So what&#8217;s changed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email addresses that are associated with a podcast and included in publicly available RSS feeds will be removed and replaced with an anonymous identifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, email addresses were included in a show\u2019s RSS feed and could easily be scrapped by bots and bad actors and <a href=\"https:\/\/podnews.net\/article\/spammers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used for spam, phishing scams, identity theft and other malicious activities.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By removing email addresses from RSS feeds, RSS.com is providing an extra layer of protection to keep our podcaster\u2019s email addresses private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At RSS.com, we put our podcasters first, and are pleased to release this feature to help better protect our users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to see how easy it is to enable, then disable your email address in your public podcast RSS feed. \u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sllv-video -type_youtube\" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-video=\"WXzmyUVGVIY\"><a class=\"sllv-video__link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WXzmyUVGVIY\" rel=\"external noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sllv-video__media lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/WXzmyUVGVIY\/sddefault.webp\"><\/a><button class=\"sllv-video__button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\"><svg width=\"68\" height=\"48\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\"><path class=\"sllv-video__button-shape\" d=\"M66.52 7.74c-.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79.13 34 0 34 0S12.21.13 6.9 1.55c-2.93.78-4.63 3.26-5.42 6.19C.06 13.05 0 24 0 24s.06 10.95 1.48 16.26c.78 2.93 2.49 5.41 5.42 6.19C12.21 47.87 34 48 34 48s21.79-.13 27.1-1.55c2.93-.78 4.64-3.26 5.42-6.19C67.94 34.95 68 24 68 24s-.06-10.95-1.48-16.26z\"\/><path class=\"sllv-video__button-icon\" d=\"M45 24L27 14v20\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-ways-you-can-protect-your-email-address-as-a-podcaster\">3 Ways You Can Protect Your Email Address as a Podcaster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>1. Don\u2019t put your email address on any public facing website.<\/b>&nbsp;If you want to allow people to contact you, direct people to a website you control that has a contact form to help filter promotional spam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another trick if you do decide to put a working email on your website, is to put a space in your email address before the @ so that scrapers and bots won&#8217;t get a working email address. Example contact @rss.com.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>2. Be careful who you give your email address to.<\/b> Before signing up for a newsletter, free guide or service, review the company\u2019s privacy policy and data policy. If you don\u2019t like what you see, don\u2019t sign up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>3. Create an alias email address for email lists.<\/b> You can keep your primary email address private by creating an alternative\/alias email address or by creating a new email account altogether that forwards to your primary address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Resources:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/33327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to create an alternate email address in Gmail.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/add-or-remove-an-email-alias-in-outlook-com-459b1989-356d-40fa-a689-8f285b13f1f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to create an alternate email address in Microsoft Outlook.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who likes email spam? Not us! RSS.com is excited to announce privacy improvements to better protect the identities of our podcasters. So what&#8217;s changed? 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