On 10 Jan, 21:55, Martin wrote:
I've completely abandoned my ISP email address with Wanadoo
/ Orange. I don't know what they did wrong but that address
suddenly started attracting 100's of spams a week.

My wife has the same problem with wanadoo/orange I suspect one of their ex-staff
sold their customers' e-mail lists or their computers have been hacked.


The standard excuse is "it was a dictionary attack", but my mail
provider, mail.com, and my ISP (f2s) manages to survive those
remarkably well.

whatever sort of email address I set up for my wife is attacked within
a few hours of her starting to use it. I think one of her friends/
business contacts is infected with something that passes on valid
email addresses. I could set up some disposables and do an
elimination test, but it's more than fat and bone can bear. it's all
allegedly my fault, somehow.