Anon wrote:
Since I have joined this News Group there has been a massive increase
of Spam and viruses sent to my address. Is there anything I can do to
prevent this or is it a matter of ignoring and deleting.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I had this problem too until I changed my address and munged it [technical
term meaning disguised] so that if it was automatically harvested, the spam
mail didn't go anywhere. It's useful for the address you display to be
sufficiently close to your real one that you can put simple instructions in
your sig to enable legitimate people to e-mail you, but it's best to have a
fake domain name (the bit after the @) so that your ISP doesn't suffer from
the spam mail. I suggest you avoid well-known additions like NOSPAM or
DONTSPAM because some harvesting software can recognise them. See my sig
and headers for an example.

In OE, do Tools/Accounts, select News and the account you want to use,
click Properties/General and set the E-mail address to whatever munged
address you want displayed in your posts.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)