SPAM UPDATE
Half of all email sent to AOL addresses is now spam. Obviously, this isn't just an AOL problem. With 61% of all U.S. adults online (116 million people) the temptation is just too great for unscrupulous people. For $25 someone can buy a disk with a million email addresses. If they get one or two responses out of a million they've more than made their money back. The only real solution is outrageously high fines for spammers. Make it too costly and they'll stop.