[KneelBeforeZod]

Officials at Yahoo, EarthLink and Microsoft did not respond yesterday to requests for statistics for their services.

I've seen a HUGE increase in spam since about dec 15 on earthlink... I was begining to wonder if they were letting it thru so people would download their package with "web accelerator" and anti spam tools... (which I wont)

[KneelBeforeZod]

ooh those garde manger skills sure dress up the Spam in that old ad...

[Aunt Polgara]

Earthlink also drives me crazy. When people set up their anti-spam filters so only their preferred list can get through, they often forget to add me to their list... so they send me an email which Earthlink won't let me respond to.

The only good way to deal with spam is to have several email addresses. Give one to close friends and family... give one to political distribution lists (or other preferred senders) that you want to see... give the last one to anyone who asks.

Then set up your inbox so it automatically sorts the email into separate folders. Then you decide what you want to look at. If something comes into your "family and friends" folder, you can look at it immediately. If it comes into the distribution lists folder, look at it when you are in the mood. If it comes into the "anybody" folder, glance at it occasionally, and flush regularly.