Yeah, the first pop-up stopper application I installed seemed to stop most pop-ups except for the pop-ups that advertised pop-up stoppers. (FYI: Google's toolbar works better.)

I second Jordan's endorsement of the Google Toolbar anti-popup mechanism.

It seems to me that controlling rather than outlawing spam may be in the public interest. Advertising rates have become so high that only access to deep pockets allows new business to publicize. The problem is that spam probably has lost its benefit to small business since it is so prevelant that it is simply ignored. I'm not sure how, but it just seems that some way to allow new products to be advertised would be in our interest.

Joe