>Earthlink now has the "Spaminator" which catches about 90 - 95% of the spam that arrives and keeps it on their server. Since I use the Earthlink account for surfing, I get quite a lot of spam messages but very few arrive in my inbox. Every 2 weeks or so I do a quick review of "Saved Spam" and delete it.
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Now that you mention it, the spam my father receives does seem to be decreasing. It seems worse because he doesn't check mail often.