Quite by accident, I stumbled on a really good way of slicing SPAM out of my email. My old and original email addy was beginning to get polluted by cr@p and being at that time, young and innocent, couldn't resist replying to an email promising that my penis would grow three inches in two weeks. I replied, pointing out that I could do the job in about thirty seconds or so. From that moment on, my mailbox started filling ominously and didn't stop - so I created another email address (this one) and just used the old primary as a SpamTrap. It has worked wonderfully for many years now.
The Microsoft Anti Spam software is working a treat for me and keeping my system free of spyware and adware too. I would give it a thumbs up if anyone is thinking of trying it.
By the way, when it comes to replying to SPAM, I am a bit wiser and quite possibly a lot more sober than I was at the time.
regards to all,
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