Anit-Spam Prog.?

[ParaGod]

I am sick and tired of all the damn spam I get, not only am I getting the crap, but my 12y/o daughter is getting some pretty raunchy email. Is there a program out there that I could integrate into my Incredimail email software?

 

[Toaster]

I used McAfee SpamKiller (or was it SpamCop?) for a short time.

I have a pop3 account, and when you run this software, it fetches the mail from the pop3 account and stores it all locally on your system, then when your real mail client (I use eudora) would go out to get the mail from the server, it would intercept it and feed the email client the email, which was already filtered. You could also use it as a basic email reader... but I wouldnt suggest that.

The only reason I stopped using it was I was getting some false positives... BUT it did catch about 99.5% of the spam, and just about all the stuff you wouldnt want a kid to see.

There's also supposed to be a service thats like $2.00 a month or something? SpamHeaven or something like that, I saw it on TechTV a long time ago- and it intercepts your email from your regular pop3 or web based server, and filters it for you and they do all the maintenance, adding spammers domains, certain catch phrases, etc... I can't remember the exact name but I'd bet if you search on techtv.com or thescreensavers.com you'll find the service name and/or link pretty easilily.

Personally what I do right now, is between Comast filtering out some, and my permanent email domain provider (pobox.com) filtering out, it gets about 90% or so, and I've setup some filters in Eudora to catch what trickles through... Nothing is perfect, so I hope this helps

 

[moki]

I don't know if you can control your server, but if you can, install SpamAssassin:

http://www.spamassassin.org/index.html

We get an INCREDIBLE amount of spam, because our email addresses are necessarily public for our company. This free tool helps out incredibly.

 

[AVB]

This is what I set up for the wife. http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desk...te/overview.htm
Seems to work at least as well as the Xwall that I'm using at work.

 

[Lumberg]

I use a webmail service which is impossible for me to control.

I coudl access it via a Pop3 client but I want all my messages to reside on the server cos I access the account from different computers.

 

[habanowhore]

my mother used too make me spam for lunch...i kinda liked it......

 

[moki]

I use a webmail service which is impossible for me to control.

I coudl access it via a Pop3 client but I want all my messages to reside on the server cos I access the account from different computers.

In that case, you should be using IMAP. It was designed for exactly what you're trying to do. I access my email via 3 different computers most days; my IMAP account keeps everything in synch.

 

[Lumberg]

I use a webmail service which is impossible for me to control.

I coudl access it via a Pop3 client but I want all my messages to reside on the server cos I access the account from different computers.

In that case, you should be using IMAP. It was designed for exactly what you're trying to do. I access my email via 3 different computers most days; my IMAP account keeps everything in synch.

right, so are there anti-spam programs that work through an IMAP server?