Thanks very much for the replies.

Dave, I do not understand your question of where my e-mail program collects the mail from.

Chatmaster, I am afraid you have lost me with all the internet jargon. What do large companies do? Surely they do not change their mail addresses on a regular basis as I am probably not the only one receiving spam. Am I correct if I say that when you have my address that you can send me a mail directly without going through my host's server?

dsd. I will definitely try doing what you suggested. May be a good way to do it is to go via Google and let them catch the spam. I will have a look to see how it is done and try it.

Am I not paying my host enough to expect them to handle it?