Not long after I got my 1st HotMail e-mail addy, I started getting Monty Python songs going thru my head.. "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam......" So I decided I'd do a "sensible" thing; get rid of the spam-filled account and create 2 new ones. 1 for talking to friends/relatives and a 2nd for talking to other sites. The 1st one was a minor variation on my original addy, the 2nd I called "J1u2n3k" (ie Junk + interspersed digits). It only took me about 3 weeks to realise that my slightly changed original addy was getting spammed again, whilst my "junk" addy was relatively free.... 'cos the spammers don't like checking for numbers:-)) (adds lots more time to the spammer's "search engine" if there's a possible 10 extra characters in the address..:-)) Then I found Yahoo's e-mail service. Now I have seen several adverse comments regarding Yahoo's service, but for me it was a revelation. Since I joined them (and discarded Hotmail), I've had zero (that's right, absolutely no) spam. And no viruses either (although I'm paranoid about opening any mail unsolicited mail anyway, which might help..).. Again, when I joined Yahoo, I set up 2 accounts ('cos of my experiences with hotmail). But I got no spam from either of them. And I've had those accounts since 2003... Along with that I've got a H/ware router (which acts as a firewall) McAfee, Adaware and SpyBot. And had no problems. It's all a matter of remaining paranoid ('cos they ARE out to get you!!). Cheers, Diolma