I was receiving myriads of spam with the gibberish headers..

"vocations merrily disenchant Huxtable" and similar...inside would be ads for Vi*gra or something.

Note...I **NEVER** actually downloaded these. I read them (the headers) on the server, then did a mass delete so they never touched my PC.

For some reason, I see a VERY much reduced number of these lately. Maybe they crossed me off their list since I never replied? I have two email addresses I use...(my server grants me 5 on the account, my wife uses one)...of the two I use, one has a pretty simple surname with a #, (like Jones123) and that one got 90% of the spam. The other is a version of my business name "somethingextree" and it gets very little spam. The spammers do 'harvest' email addys if you carelessly post it on some sites, but they also use programs to run thru combinations of common words and numbers and send emails to likely possibilities. Since mine is UNcommon, it gets few hits.

If you were willing to take the trouble to change your email to an unusual string of characters, it would likely reduce the spam a LOT. If it requires you telling 279 of your closest friends & relatives the new one, it may be more trouble than it's worth...but....

As to that trick of checking email online and deleting the spam, I HIGHLY recommend it. There are many, many of this type. Here is just one PopPeeper ...it is highly recommended by the site. I personally use a simpler program that just looks for you and lets you delete stuff. Pop3 Scan Mailbox

There are MANY other tricks, including never posting you email anwhere in precise form....but using 'at' instead of @ or adding in a weird word BillBALDERDASH at someplace.com

hope the problems ease...