Strangely, the volume of spam I am getting has dropped. I was getting something like 30 suspect emails per day, offering everything from Viagra to pharmaceuticals to ways of enhancing the sexual enjoyment of my wife (I'm a woman). Now I am getting 10 or fewer a day. I expect it has to do with the legal penalties that have been publicised.

However, I am getting more spam that eludes my filters by their using full names and adopting folksy ways. One of my favorites is "Did I forget I was supposed to call you?" If I don't know the name attached to email it goes down the tubes unopened.

A few months ago I signed up for a Yahoo account in addition to my long time account with my own server. Oddly, I have not received one Spam email on the Yahoo account.