Bob La Londe wrote:
Its not the hundred or so junk mail I get everyday.

Its the ones that get through my personal bull filter.

As I was scanning down the list of junk mail in my spam folder before
deleting it all. I saw one that looked like it might be fishing
related.

Creaming Hot Worms.... Wow! I almost broke my finger hitting the
delete button.

Hi Bob,

I find that I get almost zero spam.
My Hotmail account just started getting a tiny bit.

Here's how I avoid it:

Pick a name that is in no way common and use a couple of underscore symbols
like say: ).
The Spammers use software that combines letters and numbers so stay away
from cute and common names.

Use 2 emails.
One for online stuff like a Hotmail, Yahoo, or etc...
Your provider email account should NEVER be given online, except to trusted
friends, and always name this address' unusally too.
When emailing more than one person ALWAYS use the --Bcc:-- function. This
makes each receipient "invisible" to one another thus lessening the chance
to get on a SPAM list. Encourage others to do the same.

Oh yeah--and NEVER, EVER respond to SPAM because this will validate that
your address is active, from the spammer's viewpoint, and then you will get
flooded!

Hope this helps