[access-uk] Re: Anti-spam program experiences
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 01:19:43 +0100
Hi Kevin.
I might have got around to cloudmark anti-spam if I'd felt it necessary to try
something else as it does seem to be a much respected program from what I've
read.
I should say that I am still using Outlook Express which is obviously not the
best starting point for avoiding this stuff. I believe Eudora in paid mode is
reconned to deal pretty effectively with spam. Maybe if I could get my head
around Eudora, and import the OE stuff into it without problems then I would
most likely be better off. Also Eudora makes it so much easier to export
folders.
The spam solution I currenlty have seems to be doing the job well enough at the
moment though.
Ray
Personal emails: Email me at
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
Kevin wrote:
i'm currently testing cloudmark
http://www.cloudmark.com
seems to be ok and you don't even have to tell it what to look for. it's
free to try then there's a $3.99 monthly subscription.
Kevin - owner of the audyssey gamers discussion list at:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I asked for advicehere and elsewhere on anti-spam programs recently and
> thought I'd share my experience thus far..
>
> The first one I tried was Spam Washer:
> http://www.mailwasher.net/
>
> It's fairly accessable but the free version only deals with one account at
a
> time and I didn't find it that easy or intuitive to understand.
>
> the one I'm using just now is Cactus Spam:
> http://www.codeode.com/spamfilter/index.html
>
> this is freeware and seems to live up to its author's claims. It works
well
> with Outlook Express which I use and a good many other email clients too.
You
> have
> to tell it at first what counts as spam and you can tell it about good
messages
> too should it get things wrong. The interface is pretty speech friendly
but
> the training arena window where you train Cactus Spam seems to get
corrupted
> after some time spent defining messages as spam or good. I don't have the
> clear list when closing arena checked so that when I exit and re-enter CS
the
> list is still there and uncorrupted.
>
> I should say the program stays in the background and can be accessed via a
hot
> key or via the sys tray. (I find the hotkey is slow to bring the training
> window up.) It marks spam with the prefix *** cactus spam *** (note the
> stars.) You can then set up an OE filter to shift all these prefixed
> spam emails to a folder of your choice. pretty easy.
>
> I'll end by mentioning another solution based here in the UK but used all
over
> the world, seemingly. this is Spamjjab. It's at:
> www.spamjab.com
>
> This seems to be free - at the moment - for personal use and seems to be
highly
> thought of.(or is that just presentational spin on the site's part) but I
> think it probably does work well, although I've not tried Spamjab.
>
> Seeing as how the net is getting to be such a virtual bear garden these
days I
> would hazzard a bet that more and more ordinary folk who don't want to get
to
> grips with more and more anti-spam, anti-phishing, and other scams may
choose
> to pay up and leave others to the complexities of weeding out this trash.
that
> is, unless the internet really does get its act together and become, by
> default, a less dangerous place.
>
> HTH.
>
> Ray
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