First, read my previous post on this. Dumping your current e-mail address.....and using a separate address for purchases, etc., may well provide the biggest return on investment. As for SPAM programs. Mailwasher Pro is a darned good program, but I understand why one would say it's not the easiest to use. I've gotten used to it, but it's not very intuitive. I recently tried Mail Snoop Pro written by a really nice guy in Europe. Setup was a breeze and I worked with the author and he made a couple of changes I suggested. It's a pretty easy program to run. $35 http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk/content/msp_features.asp My current program, and my favorite so far, is one I tried a while back (under a different name then) and gave up on -- then tried again just recently and fell in love with it! It's called Aggressive SPAM Defense and it costs $33. It's garnered some 21 different five star awards. http://www.hace.us-inc.com/asd.shtml Not only is it probably the easiest to set up, it is also quite easy to develop the proper filters, etc. It's one of those, "you gotta try it to see how good it is" programs. Having tried probably a dozen in the past two years...this is my favorite. Another thing I really like is that it doesn't interfere with my working in other programs. There's nothing more annoying than typing a nice long sentence......only to find it wasn't typed because my SPAM program was trying to tell me how many new e-mails had been filtered <chuckle> A short excerpt from the site: Depending on how much spam-index the email has accumulated, it is put in either the red, yellow or green category. This makes a very easy to use and flexible system. You hardly ever have to touch the keyboard to operate ASD. To tune it to the kind of email that you receive, just click a button and drag a bar and ASD will adjust to your new settings. In addition you have Force Delete. This mode of operation does not depend on spam-indexes. It works very simple. If an email is found containing an item marked as Force Delete in any of the spam-lists, it will be deleted without any further processing. This is a very targeted and accurate way of deleting spam. When an email is deleted, it is deleted from the mail-server itself. This means that the email will never even touch your computer's hard drive. In addition to saving space on your computer, it also prevents your machine from accidentally being infected by an email-virus. Regards from Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, =D4=BF=D4=AC Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona --------------------------------- Monday, 2/14/2005, @ 8:57:02 PM EST --------------------------------- Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. - Chinese Proverb =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D|:o:|=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:06:25 -0600, Al & Faythe wrote: | I have been reading this topic with interest.. | I am going crazy with spam ! it makes me not even want to open | my mail box (sniff) | | I have mailwasher & find it hard to program & set rules with | out it blacklisting mail I want! | | are any of these recommend programs a free download & easy to | set up ??? and where do I find them.... fumble fingers | Faythe.... | | | | | KC For SPAM blocking programs I recommend | | | | three, SPAMEater Pro, Mail | | | | | Snoop Pro, and my current favorite, Aggressive SPAM Defense. | Any of the three will do you very well. | | | | | | | donbriggs I don't recall if I heard | | | | | about it here but I have had 0Spam | | | | | | for 3 days and | my spam is down from an average of 100 per 24 hours to 6 or 7 | per 24 hours. Only 2 messages were deleted as spam falsely and | the program is free for one email account. Paid for additional | accounts. I use it for my main account only. I can heartily | recommend it. | | To fully take advantage of the full services provided by | 0Spam.com, you must either install 0Spam.com Express (Windows | only), provided at: http://www.0spam.com/express.shtml | | | To unsub or change your email settings: | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk | | To access our Archives: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ | | For more info: | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk