Well, Strupag, I've not gotten any more spam since joining. Not gotten any less either...

But here's a suggestion. What I did was register for one of those free web-based email addresses, like at Yahoo or Hotmail or Bigfoot or whatever. The Web's full of them; a search will turn up tons. (mine is cluin@yahoo.com   I've been using the nickname Cluin since I came on line several years ago) Then you use that e-mail address on the web or on Usenet or in forums (even high quality ones like this) or whereever some on-line form asks for an e-mail address (including product registration, warrantees, etc.). Those bots that search out addresses on the web are relentless and getting cleverer every day.

Keep your regular at-home e-dress secret except for family and friends and business associates. Ask them not to give it out to anyone else you don't know either (I ask them to avoid using it for e-cards too. I'm not convinced they are all reliable).

Then you check your webmail address once in a while. The vast bulk of it will be junk you can delete sight-unseen. Your regular e-mail box won't get clogged up with spam and unwanted attachments that you will have to download first just to delete and get to the stuff you want to read.

I get almost no spam in my regular e-mail box. The only junk I've ever gotten has been that Nigerian Bank scam letter. I have no idea how they found my address...

One more hint... you know where those spam letters give an address you can reply to to "unsubscribe" from their mailing list. Well, DON'T! All that does is supply your e-mail address to the database that they sell to other spammers. Just grit your teeth and delete it.

If you're already flooded every day with spam, there's no recourse except to change your e-mail address and start over, following the directions above. The bastards have already tagged you and the shit will never leave you alone. Sorry, but them's the breaks. Live and learn. That's what I had to do (a couple of times).