NEW YORK - If the U.S. Postal Service delivered mail free of charge, our mailboxes would surely runneth over with more credit card offers, sweepstakes entries and supermarket fliers.

Spam is an expensive, time-consuming irritant in today's high-tech world, but a proposal to charge for e-mail to deter such mass messaging is fraught with problems — and ultimately probably wouldn't end the nuisance.

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Q: I find that unless I vocally tell people to look in their spam box for my messages they usually DO NOT get them as they are fazed out of regular mail. How can this be rectified? — Donna

Q: I seem to be getting more spam text messages on my phone these days; I reply with ‘stop’ like they say, but it doesn’t always seem to work.

I keep receiving e-mails in my spam folder that say they are from my own e-mail address. When I look in my sent folder there is nothing in there showing I sent myself anything. How can someone be using my e-mail address? -- Jeanne

Q. I'm new to Facebook and am really enjoying the ability to stay connected to so many people. But I seem to be getting a bunch of spam e-mail because I am on Facebook. What gives? - Marianna

Q. Is there any feasible way that a national "do not spam" list could be created? - Bobby

Recent efforts by federal law enforcement to curb bulk e-mails — called spam — probably won’t make much difference to the average computer user, local Internet providers and computer experts said.

Federal law enforcement officials in the Valley on Wednesday touted the second successful conviction in a major international computer spamming operation they said involved people in California, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Tempe.

Recent efforts by federal law enforcement to curb bulk e-mails — called spam — probably won’t make much difference to the average computer user, local Internet providers and computer experts said.

Federal law enforcement officials in the Valley on Wednesday touted the second successful conviction in a major international computer spamming operation they said involved people in California, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Tempe.

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. is stepping up the pressure on e-mail senders to adopt its "Sender ID" spam-fighting technology despite problems that could send up to 10 percent of legitimate messages to junk folders.

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