Spam filters seem to be a double-edged sword. I get at least 50 to 100 pieces of junk a day, and wished I could filter them better, but then you end up filtering stuff that is legit. i know on my website, I require registration confirmations. probably 10 percent of those confirmation emails are bounced back because the person registering's isp deems them spam. So the person never even gets to see them, which is a headache, since I have to actually look at messages I normally would just delete in case it is someone wondering why they didn't get it. Not sure on the legality. I know way back, some people wanted to make it illegal to spam. But instead others decided to let the software do it. Unfortunatly, spammers work around the software, and as the software gets stricter, it starts eliminating legit messages. I wish they would just decide to go the legal route. Because now days, even opting out puts you on a list of people who "respond", and you get spammed more. sigh