Well I do it like this: spam filter on our server does trap a few spams, then I forward my mail automatically from that server to my Yahoo account (that I pay for). The yahoo address doesn't do anything for my academic profile but it's a much better spam filter than the one they have on the server. So I have layered spam filters in this way. I have to say Yahoo has impressed me. I do have to train it a bit. It sometimes puts AoIR messages in the Bulk folder so I haven't trained it too well. Only two spammers I have to block their messages more than once - and that's in the last 4 years. For $25/year US it's well worth it. Cheers, Denise ===== Denise N. Rall, PhD candidate, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 - Mobile 0438 233 344 Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & Casual academic Coastal Resource Management - Ph-Off (02)6620 3789 Hours: M 1-4:30 Presenting! Assoc. of Internet Researchers 5.0, Sussex University http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html