<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="geneva, verdana, arial" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Smokie

dam right, it is possible to totally avoid spam if you are careful.
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Inevitably you will get some depending on usage of your email address.

This program is excellent at filtering out the cr@p
http://www.keir.net/k9.html
Free as well (I'll take two...)