How about using the spam filter provided by your ISP rather than Mail. On May 11, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Jim wrote: > Thanks for the tip. I've been using the cool Mac Mail trick, to > view messages on the server, and delete junk/spam, but there is so > much junk/spam coming through, and both good and bad e-mail is > duplicated, so I'm still stuck with the problem of receiving > multiple duplicate messages, literally hundreds everyday. I sure > wish that there was a fix for this issue. > > Maybe I need to erase my hard drive and start all over again!! I > really don't want to continue spending/wasting hundreds of hours > deleting unwanted multiple copies of messages, of which about 90 % > is junk/spam. Although for the moment, I think I've curtailed most > of the spam/junk mail, by changing ISPs, keeping my best e-mail > addresses secret, and using bogus names, addresses, for > business .... but I'm afraid that will only be temporary, and I'll > need to keep changing my e-mail accounts, which is a major problem, > having to send hundreds of friends and relatives new e-mail > addresses often!! > > If I could just find someway to stop receiving multiple copies of > messages, that would really be a big help right now!! This is a > brand new problem for me, which only started about six weeks ago. > Is there any possible solution to stop receiving multiple copies of > messages? > > Thanks for any ideas. > > -- vj > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984