Is spam still a problem for people or was it a problem of the 90's? I mainly use Gmail and Yahoo for emails and it's extremely rare that I use my isp for email, only one of my computers are setup for outlook express that I may check two or three times per year. I only recieve two or three spams in a week in Gmail and about 10-15 a week in my Yahoo email account. Are my numbers lower then most people or thats normal? Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. ~Homer Simpson~

I use Gmail and spam comes in waves all the time. I've never counted it, but seems like 30-40 a week. But, it all gets put in Gmail's spam folder, it's never mixed up with the real email. I do go to the spam folder and delete the junk on a semi-regular basis. What Gmail needs for the spam folder is a "check all" button so I wouldn't have to check each one before selecting "delete forever". It would be a problem if I had to find real email mixed into all the junk. The reason spam isn't so much a problem any more is the development of filtering programs which keep it out of the inbox.

I use yahoo, and something like 100 - 200 messages a day (repeat a day) are placed into my spam folder. This is an annoying problem, as although I could leave yahoo to automatically delete, I delete manually but first must check through them, as occasionally an authentic email is placed there. Sometimes an odd spam (maybe 1 every couple of days), escapes the net and is placed in my inbox. I feel the authorities should be tackling this problem at source(s) as it on the increase. Good Luck - Keep us posted.

I get maby one or two spam e-mails in a month. I use my hotmail account that I've had for about 7 years and rarely get spam. I went to the Telstra Global operations center about two months ago and apparently the ISP is deleting about 90% of mail, thats with conservative filters to prevent authentic mail from being deleted. I was told that the problem is getting worse despite people missing most of it. Mattwizz3 Gigabyte P35-DS3R E4500 @ 3.2 4GB DDR2 800 9800GT

Spam is getting worse. And sorry to say is here to stay. The problem is still the basic operator error syndrome. As long as there is that one time that you submit your email to a contest, to an unknown recipient, for a free program or joining a website and don't look at what you are agreeing to. Then you will have spam.... Spam that is perfectly legal because you didn't do what you were suppose to do. It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats on the belief of personal change--- yet they remain disadvantaged.

Yahoo used to do a better job of filtering. Now I get emails the come as regular mail that are spam. The filters in Yahoo are of little use because the spammers know how to get around them. I get 3 or 4 a day. Problem is that some good mail ends up in the spam box.

"Is spam still a problem?" You bet. I was pretty fed up of all the spam I used to get, especially from one company in particular. I read on the internet that some people trace the domain in the e-mail address by looking it up on a WHOIS lookup site, then sending a firm and perhaps exaggerated e-mail to the owner of the domain stating something like, "Please unsubscribe me from your mailing list. Any further e-mail that is received from you or your affiliates will result in a charge of $100 per e-mail. You will be charged an interest rate of 10% per week that goes by of non-payment. You also will be turned into the authorities." I decided to do that, and even added a few things of my own to scare them real bad, like "I know how to track your location down and tell the authorities right where you are so that they can come and arrest you." (not that I know how do it) As a result, my spam rate has dropped from 20 e-mails per week to 3 e-mails per week. I had to be persistent, but it seems to have paid off. I even signed up for PayPal and created a professional invoice to send to the domain owners! I have since read that that method of sending firm e-mails doesn't work and even opens your e-mail address up to even more spam, but for me it seems to have worked. WinSimple Software