[UB355]

I don't have much of a problem with this. Number one I have a Mac, and number two I got rid of AOL and have an e-mail program with decent filtering, and number three I have a nifty little program that screens the e-mail on my providers server. I can delete any item that looks supicious without downloading it to my computer

[cebadams]

I have a Mac (OSX) and am not using AOL. What's your nifty little program called?

[Denver Ditdat]

I don't have much of a problem with this. Number one I have a Mac...

Spammers simply harvest your email address from any of a number of sources. The platform you're using to retrieve your email may run Windows, MacOS, Linux, BSD, or you name it and it won't matter a whit. All that matters is that some dirtbag knows you're UB355@someISP.com, and ZZzzap!... spam starts arriving.

Running OSX isn't a magic talisman that makes spam wither and die like salted garden slugs.