It won't reduce spam directly. AOL is already good at managing spam issues, and Yahoo is getting better. It may make it easier to filter mail, and may provide more resources for spam prevention, but it could also mean that people lose emails, and so change provider.

His injury hasn't cleared up and it means he can't set off for quick runs, it affects his run-up to bowl and he struggles to move between left and right in the field.

This is going to achieve very little.

The children weren't acting right.

The Internet has become what it is because of freedom of communication. Open discussion is what gives it value. There should be no cost for particular services, and email should be free and accessible to all. This will disenfranchise people.

Even when spam doesn't get to your inbox, it uses up bandwidth. The necessary increased filtering also risks blocking genuine e-mails.

I would go so far as to say that, not only is Microsoft wrong about the reduction of spam, but they are actually part of the problem. Microsoft could, for example, more aggressively attack spammers operating off Microsoft-owned Hotmail accounts.

But I'm not saying - I shall keep it to myself. It would be nice to get all 48 points this weekend (Kenilworth and Coventry NW both away), but that might be unrealistic, though getting a full 24 last week was a nice feeling.