[John Lenin]

Or, I suppose, you could refuse to open any email at all

That's exactly what I did after I heard about the E Bay scam. Plus, I use an email program that doesn't allow active-x and it allows me to block images in emails. I'm talking about the little old ladies and old men who don't have a clue about how many virus's and trojans are spread through emails. I have had to wipe hard drives of family members who had their computers taken over by trojans and viruses, that's why I'm a little upset about calling people idiots.

[MineralMan]

"I have had to wipe hard drives of family members who had their computers taken over by trojans and viruses, that's why I'm a little upset about calling people idiots."

As have I. I follow that up by installing software which protects them, and take them off AOL forever. I then give lessons in how not to be attacked by these phishers, etc.

All my family members now follow the simple rules that keep them from being attacked.

Idiots are those who will or can not learn. Are you teaching your family? Have you set them up on safe mail readers? If not, why not?