I don't usually get into these types of discussions but I seem to be having spam issues as well. It has happened in the past usually with the email (private) that i use only on Renderosity. In the last week, as one poster stated, I'm probably worth as much as Bill Gates too as the amount of money I seem to have inherited is amazing...millions usually $50million a pop...and at approx 20 emails a day, I've either won (lottery) or inherited an astronomical amount. I decided to try something a couple of days ago and changed the email address I use on Renderosity to one that is a web based email. Haven't had one spam email since. Even on the web based email. I use Mail Washer as well, have Windows Vista Home Premium running Defender, Trend Micro PCCillin 2007 (continually updated) and have just installed Ad-Aware 2007, the newer version to Ad-Aware SE that I'd been using for over 2 years with constant updates as they became available. (this 2007 version came out on 6th July according the LavaSoft website), so I'm pretty heavily protected. I'm not angry just curious that whenever I change the email I use here to a web based server, I never get any spam on it or my private email address. I'm open to suggestions as to this anomaly. :o) Oh and my browser is Mozilla Firefox 2.0.