Becky wrote: "... Actually, the amount of spam I receive has increased drastically in just the last week. Some give you instructions to remove your name but when you ask to be removed your e-mail just returns to you as undeliverable. I haven't received anything from the gourdpatch in over a week. Is it not working?" I've been told that responding to one of those "remove my name" offers is counterproductive --- it just lets them know that their spam reached a live address, which they weren't sure of otherwise. Just delete it and forget it. I'm only getting a small handful of spam each week. The gourdpatch list is working OK --- could you be unsubscribed or something? Regourds, A.B.