Thank you again. Seems I never bothered to look but here are the options given by Hotmail. This answers some of my questions. In the first category, I buttoned "Standard" where I think "Low" is the default. I hope I don't lose legitimate mail. --- Harold FILTERS AND REPORTING Choose a junk e-mail filter Select the filter level you want to apply to incoming messages. Low - Obvious junk e-mail is sent to the junk e-mail folder. Standard - Most junk e-mail is sent to the junk e-mail folder. Exclusive - Everything is sent to the junk e-mail folder except messages from your contacts and safe senders, Windows Live Hotmail service announcements, and alerts that you signed up for. Note: You should occasionally check your junk e-mail folder to make sure that good messages don't get put there by mistake. Delete junk e-mail Choose when junk e-mail is deleted. Later - Junk e-mail is automatically moved into the junk e-mail folder, where it is deleted after ten days. Immediately - Junk e-mail is deleted immediately. Report junk messages Choose whether you'd like to report messages to Microsoft and the companies who help us fight junk e-mail. Report junk - Help us keep junk out of everyone's inboxes when you use the Junk button. Don't report - The Junk button will act just like the Delete button. Nothing will be reported to Microsoft or anyone else. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------