>>And yet, my brother has a hotmail account and has never recieved spam.

I wonder how ANYBODY maneges to stay away from spam in their Hotmail aco......... Seriously didn't think it was possible

I've given up on my email account from Hotmial, only use it for the messenger now and signing up for something that will likely lead to spam. My yahoo one doesn't get any spam, except for the random one every 2-3 weeks or so.

Q: Is it a good idea to unsubscobe fromt eh mailing lists, or as someone suggested, that only tells the senders you're alive and reading their email?