Anti-Spam software

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I'm currently looking for some Anti-Spam software and after trying
several versions have come down to K9 or G-Lock SpamCombat. I like both
but am veering towards SpamCombat as you don't have to reconfigure your
email client settings.

Does anyone here have any long term experience of SpamCombat (or any
other freeware anti-spam) to confirm as to how effective it is?

Thanks.
 
I'm currently looking for some Anti-Spam software and after trying
several versions have come down to K9 or G-Lock SpamCombat. I like both
but am veering towards SpamCombat as you don't have to reconfigure your
email client settings.

Does anyone here have any long term experience of SpamCombat (or any
other freeware anti-spam) to confirm as to how effective it is?

Thanks.
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Paul,

I've been using K9 for about 9 months and I highly recommend it.
The filtering, along with my blacklist entries, is catching over
96% of my spam messages.

Regards,
Eric
 
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:47:28 -0500, Eric Schuyler wrote...
I've been using K9 for about 9 months and I highly recommend it.
The filtering, along with my blacklist entries, is catching over
96% of my spam messages.
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Thanks Eric, I really like K9 but seem to have problems when using one
particular dial-up ISP. The mail server is often not recognised when
using the K9 format (pop.isp.com/110/user) but when I change back to
separate pop, port and user info the mail comes through Ok again.
 
Paul said:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:47:28 -0500, Eric Schuyler wrote...


Thanks Eric, I really like K9 but seem to have problems when using one
particular dial-up ISP. The mail server is often not recognised when
using the K9 format (pop.isp.com/110/user) but when I change back to
separate pop, port and user info the mail comes through Ok again.
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Post to the grc.spam newsgroup on the news.grc.com server. Robin Keir,
the author of K9, hangs out there, and would probably be able to help
you work through any difficulties you're having.
 
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:37:26 -0500, Mark Warner wrote...
Post to the grc.spam newsgroup on the news.grc.com server. Robin Keir,
the author of K9, hangs out there, and would probably be able to help
you work through any difficulties you're having.
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Thanks for that Mark
 
The best spam control I have ever used is never giving my main email to any
site or posting to any group. After that it's just a matter of never
replying to spam.

I have ran a small joke list for about ten years now, and my main email
address is fine. My Yahoo address gets about 10+ spam mails a day. jmo
 
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I'm currently looking for some Anti-Spam software and after trying
several versions have come down to K9 or G-Lock SpamCombat. I like
both but am veering towards SpamCombat as you don't have to
reconfigure your email client settings.

Does anyone here have any long term experience of SpamCombat (or
any other freeware anti-spam) to confirm as to how effective it
is?

Thanks.
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Try Popfile (Open Source, no IMAP yet)
We have been using both K9 and Popfile and that the one we choose.
http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
Quote from their site:
"POPFile is an automatic mail classification tool. Once properly set
up and trained, it will work in the background of your computer,
scanning mail as it arrives and filing it however you wish. You can
give it a simple job, like separating out junk e-mail, or a
complicated one - like filing mail into a dozen folders. Think of it
as a personal assistant for your inbox."

Agate
 
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:47:33 +0200, agate malory wrote...
Try Popfile (Open Source, no IMAP yet)
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It seems great, except......

I don't like the HTML web browser interface. If I want to check up on
Popfile then I have to open a new window to browse or else lose the web
page I was on. I know that's no great shakes but I would prefer a program
that uses its own interface rather than my web browsers.
 
I'm currently looking for some Anti-Spam software and after trying
several versions have come down to K9 or G-Lock SpamCombat. I like both
but am veering towards SpamCombat as you don't have to reconfigure your
email client settings.

Does anyone here have any long term experience of SpamCombat (or any
other freeware anti-spam) to confirm as to how effective it is?

Thanks.
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Read my tips at
http://www.nondisputandum.com/html/anti_spam.html
greetz
 
Paul Blarmy posted this on alt.comp.freeware
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:47:33 +0200, agate malory wrote...


It seems great, except......

I don't like the HTML web browser interface. If I want to check up
on Popfile then I have to open a new window to browse or else lose
the web page I was on. I know that's no great shakes but I would
prefer a program that uses its own interface rather than my web
browsers.
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Why not giving Opera a try :)

Agate
 
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:51:19 +0200, agate malory wrote...
Why not giving Opera a try :)
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As an email client? If you can tell me how to leave messages over a
certain predetermined size on the server and have have email from
multiple mail accounts being received in just one default inbox then
perhaps. Until then, no :-)
 
Does anyone here have any long term experience of SpamCombat (or any
other freeware anti-spam) to confirm as to how effective it is?
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very good
I love it
and the developpers responds when you ask something on the forum.
 
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