What Gunnar says is true. I always get an update icon on my taskbar when Microsoft has one ready for me to download. It NEVER comes in the form of an email. Another thing to look into is setting your email filers to only let mail through if it comes from someone in your address book. It cuts out all the spam and junk mail. I had never heard of Mailwasher, but you can bet I will take a look at it.

[This message has been edited by Bud Whipple (edited 10-18-2003).]