1. An apparatus for automatically detecting unwanted messages in real time in a system that includes a message server for routing incoming message files to a directory, the apparatus comprising: a redundant email address detection and capture system (READACS), said READACS comprising a computer implemented program comprising: a process for accessing said directory and for identifying said message files; a process for locating any of an address-of-origin, subject, or other specified criteria within each said message file; a process for identifying whether each said message file should be considered spam; a process for separating said spam and non-spam message files logically; and a process for any of physically moving and renaming said message files in a predetermined fashion.