Dawn, Sounds like you may have to ask your ISP for the password - they should be able to assist. Sounds like all of us H/C listers suffer from the same spam.....I also tried mailwasher..... some people like it but I didn't. Good luck, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Webb" <dawnwebb@optushome.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:45 PM Subject: RE: [HC] Re Junk Mail > I get stacks of spam. Mostly offering cheap medecine or a wonderful > sexual experience or a larger penis... But occasionally one of the > financial or bank scams pops up. I just delete it all as soon as I see > it. It seems quite easy to pick it! Just tried the mailwasher site - I > am not willing to pay, at lest not at this stage. I will have to > contact my ISP about their version of it but first - what IS that pesky > password I need to use to get into the ISP site? > > Dawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Denise [mailto:denisem@powerup.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, 14 November 2004 10:52 AM > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HC] Re Junk Mail > > > Bev - I have three email addresses. I get hundreds of spam per day, it > is > pest, but not much to do about it,, except changing email addresses - > but > this only works until you have used your new one on the net for a while. > > However, if changing your email address you lose the chance of someone > finding you if you have left a message somewhere eg the archives of this > > list. I have an old one - must be 5 years old and it has only spam on > it. > However, once every couple of months I find a letter from someone, and > most > of these have been so great a new family, new cousin, new connection, I > can't possibly cancel this address. > I have one which gets no spam - that is my Google mail address. I am > always getting the opportunity to invite 6 friends to gmail - let me > know > OFF LIST if you want a free email address. It's a new concept, but > pretty > good. > regards > Denise > > >