Who is your email account with, Rick? If Comcast, then have they got a webmail page? That's where you'd check. Of course, many people use third parties to do their emailing -- such as yahoo, hotmail, etc. In that case go there and look for some tab or link or button labeled spam or junk.
I use the Outlook Express that came with my Windows XP. It connects to my account with ATT and brings the mail in to my computer without me doing anything. That's real common, I'm sure. The thing is, that ATT has spam filters that don't allow everything through -- which is fine if I'd remember to go there once in a while and see what's been filtered out.