On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:38 -0000, Tim wrote:



That's what I like about gmail, it has a tremendous spam catcher.

Like, about a thousand a month. OH some still get though, but once
you've labeled them as spam, it pretty well filters them out.

Whoa. Never saw it that bad.

I'm using my AOL acct at the moment, and spam creeps into viewing way
more than necessary.

I probably should have said that nearly all the spam I get with Yahoo
goes into a "bulk" folder, so the spam guard works ok.
My main use of email is on-line verifications, shipping notices, etc.
The only personal stuff is the occasional pics my kids send.
I've got one each in Hawaii, Australia, and Spain.
When I want to talk with them - or anybody else one-on-one, I just
pick up the phone.
When I call Australia, I use a phone card so have to plug in a bunch
of numbers, but you can talk for hours for 5 bucks.
I might have to use a card for Spain too. I'll see when I get my
phone bill.
Some comedian had a line about these kids using text messenging that
went something like this:
"You're pushing these tiny buttons to slowly have a sometimes
intelligible conversation with somebody. Hey, dummy. You've
got a phone in your hand!!"

--Vic