Charlotte: I believe that the trash mail is "spam". I am on *Prodigy and I have had the problem too and I don't on another email service. I think that the spammers find someone who allows their address to be used to dump the trash into mailboxes. I don't think its intended to target any special group(s). But I guess the spammers also get addresses from people who request to be taken off the list (which tells them its a viable address) --- I just forward the junk mail to the asst.postmaster at *P and they work to eliminate that sender. Write to AOL and ask them how to get your address blocked or the trash junk mailers blocked. Still liking this list -- keep it short with no attachments please!!!! Marilyn