I am a bonafide cretin when it comes to computer stuff. My e-mail is at msn.com. Will mailwasher work with it? I do not use Outlook Express or the instant messenger features of MSN.
Do I understand correctly that Mailwasher does not automatically block stuff?
I think I have encountered Spam Arrest used by others. I confess I found it pretty irritating, particularly when I land the job of e-mailing all the parents for the lacrosse team about game changes, etc, and then have to go back through and start clicking on stuff.
My junk filter does a really good job of diverting most spam, including the unsavory 'adult' stuff to the junk box, and I routinely empty it. Nothing much ever lands there that shouldn't be there. My big concern is knowing how to protect my kid from the smut if I let him have his own e-mail account.
Am I hearing from some of you that there are programs that will only allow delivery of mail from addresses in one's address book? Might that be the best way to go for my purposes?