Whilst I still use Mailwasher to sift out subject matter, I've
slightly changed my strategy by registering my own domain name for the
princely sum, I think of £6 for 2 years.

I have then created several e-mail addresses, each for a different
purpose and pointed them back to my ISP address, but of course I can
use my e-mail client to 'sift' them into dedicated in-trays.

Using this method I have been able to update any users I want to keep
and simply ignore the rest. Additionally, when like you I inevitably
change ISP, it's a simple case af updating the forwarding site, rather
than contacting many individuals and sites.

I've never changed ISPs before! Says a lot for patience and fear.

Bt's dialup has been getting worse, and it seems deliberate, as traffic
stops dead for say 3 0r 4 minutes in every 10.

It's so reliable I have a desktop game going to tide me over the outages,
the old trick of looking for a different port doesnt have any effect.

And then they email everybody saying "look how rough dialup's getting,
change to BT broadband".

It's the last straw of many.

I never thought of getting my own domain - it feels a bit like getting
above me station (touches forelock)

mike