Everyone on Twitter has suffered this one, a new follower who spews a large number of tweets or a random automated account that keeps sending marketing messages over and over again.

The easiest way to stop the spam is to use the Block & Spam option on a users profile page or built into a button in your Twitter client like TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop.

{jb_bluebox}Doing this will stop you from seeing anymore updates from that user and prevents them being able to tweet you, if you want to deal with an account that is being rude or abusive you can also Block a user without flagging them as spam.{/jb_bluebox}

If you need to block a large number of spam accounts or just want to make it more automated check out Twitblock.org and Tweetspinner both are excellent tools to help block spam accounts and delete spam message.

Do remember to use these tools wisely and when using the Block and Spam button do so conservatively sometime a user might just be being extra chatty today or had a bit too much Coffee :-)