Thanks folks,

On further thought, I supect the ISP has blocked stuff as, in the 4/5 months we've been on broadband I have not had a single spam. Netscape let through - but flagged - anything it thought may be spam, actually just ads from companies I do deal with.

- on the whole this this is good, but can I have been that lucky , or is there a very efficient filter somewhere ????
The helpline rate to E7even is extortionate - I'll look for an email address for queries.

My other half registered on Ebay (using my PC) without problems, but he used Outlook Express - and didn't forget his password.

Re Ebay, I think I'll establish extra email addresses & register with Ebay again from scratch. I tried to re-register with the existing email addresses - but it recognised them & wouldn't let me re-register.

Computers are great fun, right up until they won't do wot u want em to.

Thanks everyone.