Hi Juanita, I've used mail washer for a long time., and only used the freebie version.. on my set up it makes a good difference. I'm using Norton Internet Security which includes a spam blocker built in, so I've cut using MW for a bit. but Peggy uses mailwasher extensively. Her school gets tons of span....or it was... Since using Mailwasher, she's seen a dramatic drop in spam to her school servers. that's good enough endorsement for me. When you bounce mail, it should look like it's coming back from your mail server, not your email addy... unless you have 4 days of spam then bounce it back...that would be kind of obvious. Spammers work on the .5% rule... Send out millions of emails..if .5% of them reply, they make tons of $$$$. It's a numbers racket. They sometimes ignore bounces...but they're server isp won't. HTH, Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: Juanita Kimble To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: move on boot Take a peek at "Window washer? it'll do all that index.dat stuff and more..The .dbx files that all have the same size are most likely the generic normal folders required for OE to run. if you del'ed ALL of them, by mistake, OE will rebuild the ones it needs... HTH, Bruce ********************************************************* Bruce does this program prevent you from getting spam? I have MailWasher but I don't think it helps at all. I have read on three different sites that when you bounce the messages it only alerets them that your address is for real. Howard doesn't agree but I am inclined to believe it because it is your address that is bouncing not your ISP. Anyone here use PopPeeper. Juanita --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/27/03