Max...I use Hotmail (and a bit of Yahoo)!!! Really appreciate you posting. I am on a cable hookup and Outlook Express is "their" email. That is MSN stuff...is that any better??? What emails are considered "first class"??? On Hotmail I get lots of junk mail...raunchy sounding stuff I never open and block senders. I guess that article by Orlowski explains it!!! Thanks again for warning.