my friends used my gmail account on a lot of those sites that you just KNOW will hand out spam... will my spam folder tends to have a double digit number at the end of every day (i empty it numerous times per day, with each time typically flushing 2-10 pieces of spam)... and occasionally I will get mail that slips the filter, but as I said, receiving possible upwards of 20+ a day and a handful or less per week that slip through seems reasonable to me. some weeks get more, some weeks get less. i stated the average.