Am Looking for a Spam Stopper -- Recommendations Pleasd!!

04.28.03 | mlmr

[mlmr]

I have a mailbox full of spam. I didm't know how badly people want to sell me penis enlargment tool and cheap drugs, gambling. I am also supposed to be overweight and constantly looking for a hot date. Spammers also want me to see things that could be... well... overwhelming.

Sometimes the preview pictures curl my hair as I scramble to delete before the children run into the room.

I have an internet business and do get emails from unknown senders. But the email spam is mixed in. I have three mailboxes that sort into five on my computer. My former consultant suggesed that I read the Feb issue of PC magazine but I am not sure that the items that are recommended will help. I don't want to lose my customer's email.

Have any of you used anti spam software and what would you recommend??

[AnalogReigns]

I use the freeware (for now) Spamnet, by Cloudmark. Works great--and on a kind of "file sharing" concept-- ie everyone in the network automatically helps build the database of spam senders....

http://www.cloudmark.com

[StolarStorm]

Oddly, my spam dramatically increased AFTER I started using mailwasher.

[palmer]

I clicked there and glanced at their numbers, they claimed 3M stopped spams saved 33M seconds of time. Does anybody really spend 10 seconds deleting a spam?

[TomB]

Click here. Been using it for months.

So, did it work? How big did it get?

Oh, you mean the spam stopper......

OOOPS, never mind.

[VOA]

bump

[ozzie]

spamkiller is good.

[AppyPappy]

Do a search on your email address on the web and remove it whereever you see it.

[TomServo]

DOH!!! lol...

[simicyber]

I use McAfee Spam Killer and Pop Up Stopper from Panicware. Both work extremely well for me. Spam Killer gets 99% of all spam for me and you can add filters to keep out the other 1% that gets in. Pop Up Stopper kills all pop up windows. I never get them now.

[TC Rider]

I've been using "I Hate Spam" from Sunbelt Software
http://www.sunbelt-software.com

It filters into a 'quarantine' folder so you can check for babies before flushing.

It automatically updates and works well with Outlook (corporate Exchange version). I've also heard it's not that hot with Outlook Express.

[Minty]

Mine decreased. What I have foundis if I use any greeting cards, or article forwarding or received one of those dreaded forwards I tend to get a tidal wave of junk afterwards. But as I keep bouncing them they decrease. So I have an address just for junk that I use forgreetings cards only and the rest stays clean.

Mailwasher has worked for me so far.

[Howlin]

Oh, thanks.........I've been going insane lately.

Is it just me, or is it worse "out there" now?

[mdefranc]

Try SpamPal at http://www.spampal.org.uk/

It's free, works with nearly any mail client, and - in my experience - catches over 95 percent of spam messages.

[MississippiMan]

SpamKiller

When I finally got fed up, I spend a good deal of time researching the various packages and finally boiled it down to only a couple of choices I really liked. The one linked above won out. I use it with Outlook Express, so make sure they have a version that's compatible with your e-mail client. You can do a free trial of it to check it out. Feels great to have my inbox back!

MM

[Howlin]

Thank you guys very much!!!!

[southernnorthcarolina]

Mmmmmmm... .

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[Telit Likitis]

Norton Internet Security 2003 works just fine for me on Windows XP (Home Edition).

I get zero popups without inteference with XP windows (that I am aware of).

[HAL9000]

The spammers are getting more sophisticated, and now they are doing things like making their servers look like a local domain. I haven't totally eliminated spam, but I have a three-phase strategy that is mostly effective:

1. The Mail program on Mac OS X does a good job of sorting junk mail from wanted mail, and it has a "learning" function to fine tune the sorting. It virtually eliminates the risks associated with viruses, worms, and to a lesser extent, trojan horses. The Safari web browser has an option to block popup windows that works great.

2. I use "SpamBouncer" (SpamBouncer.org) on my Sendmail mail server. It scans the mail messages and uses a scoring algorithm to determine if it looks like spam. If so, it bounces the message back to the sender, but gives them a keyword to include in the message if it is a legitimate message so they can resend it. Spammers have never used the keyword to bypass the bouncer.

3. In the worst cases, I program the mail server to reject connections from specific domains and IP addresses.

A couple of spam messages still gets through on a typical day, but the majority of it is stopped.

[sharktrager]

Mail Washer works for me. It lets you run the program before you open your mail client, and filter out spam. You can build you own filter and lists of blocked addresses and domains. It also has a built in list of some domains. You can have filters delete certain emails without them ever being downloaded. It also will send a bounce message to the companies so it looks like your address is bad.

I can sort through 60 emails in a couple of minutes or less.

[goldstategop]

Try http://www.mailblocks.com Its a new spam blocking service and right now they're offering an unbeatable deal of $9.95 for this year plus 2 years extra for FREE. You can configure it to work with AOL, Hotmail, and Yahoo e-mail accounts. You can have it work with Microsoft Outlook and Eudora e-mail services too. Basically it works by requiring a combo of a random code number and live human interaction before an e-mail message is accepted as authentic and allowed to appear in your inbox. Since most spammers rely on computer generated messages to spread the pitches far and wide, that should help to cut the spam down to practically zero. Not too bad a product for a 3 year trial and unlike software it doesn't take up valuable space on your hard drive.