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from about $20 - $40, but none are perfect and some may delete some legitimate E-mail.
Most spam can be avoided at no cost whatsoever just by configuring a mail reader filter to delete all E-mail that doesn't have your specific address in either the To or Cc fields. These filters are relatively easy to create and can be added to almost any E-mail programs, from the Endora family of programs to Netscape Messenger and E-mail services such as Hotmail.
To obtain detailed instructions on how to create one of these spam filters, go to www.smartcomputing.com and from the search option type in SPAM FILTER QUICK TIPS and view Tutorial "Quick Tips" - Secrets To Succeeding At Common Tasks -- Smart Computing, July, 1999, Vol. 10, Issue 7
Regrettably, at present there seems to be no way to apply such a filter with Outlook Express. However, at www.smartcomputing.com these same search words lead to several articles which relate to Spam and Outlook Express. One such article posted there is: General Information "Online Communication" - Outlook Express Brings E-mail & Newsgroups Together -- Guide Series: Microsoft Internet Explorer, September, 1998, Vol. 6, Issue 9 A closer look at Outlook Express.
(This magazine, incidently, is highly recommended. It claims to be "written in plain English" and, in reality, it is. We have probably found more simple and easily understood solutions to complex problems in back issues of this publication [and its PC Novice guides and tips manuals] than all other computer sources combined.)
While there is some more or less feeble legislation regarding spam in some venues, none of it appears effective and most requires that the recipient respond to the spammer with a request to stop--a practice we at LPC, Ltd. discourage for the reasons stated above. Some of this legislation is somewhat bizarre. For instance, in California, in some circumstances, spamming can be considered trespassing. Given the international nature of the Internet, it seems predictable that any future anti-spamming laws will, in reality, have no more effect than laws requiring mice to fly.
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