Janie,

I've been using Mailwasher for a few years now. You set it up when you first get it with your email account details and then just get into the habit of checking your emails in Mailwasher, deleting the ones you don't want, and bouncing the ones you never want to see again. That's the cleverest bit, because it sends a bounce message which gives the message that your email is not a valid address.

Then you only have to download the messages you actually do want to your server.

I use it to read my Harplist emails rather than downloading them all - there can be lots - so then I only keep the ones I really want.

It's a good program which prevents suspicious and malicious emails from getting anywhere near your computer. I rarely get viruses these days too, because of Mailwasher. The only ones I get are from websites, but the regular scans with Anti-Virus software sorts them out, anyway.

Helen