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>> I just route my mail through despammed.com - a free
>> forwarding service.  I see one or two spams per month.
> 
> To do that, you have to use only the despammed address. The Mozilla 
> software works with the same address that I've been using for 6 years 
> (and I don't want to change, lest some old friends loose me).

Good point.  But actually, this allows me to change ISPs
without changing my "public" address.

> However, I do know that there are several other baesean filter projects 
> out there, some that work as straight filters. If your email tool of 
> choice can import stuff in the method one of those uses (and I suspect 

Actually, when I stop being too cheap to buy it,
something similar is built-in to the latest version
of my e-mail client.  Plus, being on Unix (Mac OS X),
I can shift to SMTP/procmail anytime I feel like doing
the necessary setup.