OT - Suggestions for dealing with spam

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Signing up for anything using your real email account is a very bad idea.

Instead, create a one-shot hotmail account, but don't be surprised if you get spam there before you get the confirmation mail for the thing you just signed up for.

Unfortunately, one of the things that the kids like from the kid sites are various email updates and such. The only way for that to work is to give an email address that will stick around for a while. One solution might be to use an account until the spam starts getting bad, then get a new account. That doesn't change the fact that the situation is just plain wrong. If someone were caught giving my kids porn through any other media, they would be elligible for long term free room and board in a government provided institution.

At any rate, I am hoping that there are some tools I can use to make it easier for me to screen them from the garbage.