Thanks everyone - seems almost no way out so I think I'll stick with the current provider (aol) with no other action. The top email in the inbox is always highlighted and all I need do is to press the "report spam" button and the offending thingie is automatically deleted. Takes about one sec to click the mouse, but it's still a bit of a nuisance.. Thing is that any spam that I have looked at invariably contains viagara, the word that is to say. 20 years ago I might - I say might - have been tempted but at my age I fear it may be too much for me.

Peter