My ISP has just announced a junk-mail tagging service - this means it will identify a lot of the spam, but leave the actual deleting up to the customer, so that genuine emails are less likely to be accidentally lost. This is a new one on me. Anyone else have something like this?

Here is part of what they say, but I have only identified the server with xxxxx's:

New Junk Mail Tagging Service
=============================

With the ever increasing number of unsolicited junk
emails (also known as spam) being sent to people, xxxxx
is pleased to announce the launch of our spam tagging
service. This is now available as an option on all
accounts, for no added charge.

How can I enable spam tagging?

Spam tagging can be enabled via the xxxxx
Toolbox - xxxxxxxxxxx

Simply follow the prompts.

How does it work?

xxxSpam utilises a pre-defined list of criteria to
determine whether or not an email is unsolicited.
Should the system determine a message to be spam,
'xxxSPAM' will be prefixed to the subject line of
the message. It is important to remember that the
tagging system will not delete messages on its own
accord.

What else do I need to do?

By default, the spam is simply tagged with 'xxxSPAM' -
no further action will be taken. We believe this will
allow clients to easily determine what is spam, and
what is not. Should you wish for the spam to be
automatically deleted, it is possible to set up
your email client with filters, to automatically
delete offending messages.



Actually, I hardly get any spam - 3 in 7 months, including one "Nigerian scam letter". No-one seems interested in enlarging my penis! ;-)

I'm careful about giving out my email address, and I have a good firewall. I think it helps that my server is not very big, and I NEVER click on any advertising. It is a problem in Oz, same as in the US - some of my friends get lots of spam, but so far I seem to have been lucky.

Jenny