[Skywalk]

If you register for any sites or shareware programs or anything like that, it's best to have a "Spam Account" so that you can be prepared for the huge amount of junk mail you'll get.

Then you use your other account to have your vital communications, etc. I have an AOl name that gets ZERO spam and it's not because I have any blocks up--it's just not in anyone's files.

[ModelBreaker]

I use a junk account, too for signups. Recently, I found an outfit called inboxgenius.com. All my incoming mail flows thru them and they filter out spam. Have been using them for about a month and it works great. Cheap, too.

I thought I had a particularly bad problem with spam. But I guess not, given this article. My stats from the filter company says they are filtering 80.17% of my email this month.

[FourPeas]

Sadly, I learned the lesson of a spam mailbox too late. I have one set-up now, but my regular one is already on The List. Since we own our own domain and our hosting service allows us unlimited e-mail addresses, I have considered creating a separate e-mail account for each place I do business on-line. That way I know if one of them decides to sell me out to the spammers.

[Delta 21]

I pity the "friend or family" that sends me a FWD: with a couple a thousand email addys on it. It took a while but they all know better.

If my spam level even aproaches 5% my household knows to steer clear of Daddy while he is on the computer.