[Oztrich Boy]

That just shows the sharks that the email is valid

It also tells the spammer that you're one of the idjits who opens and reads spam.

[Chemist_Geek]

It also tells the spammer that you're one of the idjits who opens and reads spam.

I wonder if using a program like MailWasher and bouncing the spam before its downloaded to the local machine helps..?

[MoJo2001]

You can get spammed without having to go in your box. You have companies such as Gator and Doubleclick that have those stupid annoying pop-up ads. They will track what you are doing and sell the information. Absolutely an invasion. If I didn't have Ad-AWARE, I'd go nuts!