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Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/9/2006 1:04:28 AM
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Gale
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What antispam software have you found to be helpful and not eat the good email at the same time?
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/9/2006 1:17:33 AM
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CATdawg
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ORIGINAL: Gale
What antispam software have you found to be helpful and not eat the good email at the same time?
Gale, I have an Earthlink email account, left over from when Earthlink was my shop DSL provider, that does an excellent job of segregating "spam" from "suspect" email. I use it as a filter for all my email accounts, even though I have fiber-optic to my house through Verizon (my neighborhood, Keller TX, was the first in the country to get this service) and a multitude of free email mailboxes (on the order of 100+).
To my knowledge, I have never "lost" an email through Earthlink's spam filter.
The only downside to this scenario is that it is web-based, so I have to sign on to a website and review all my emails; then I decide which ones should be "forwarded" to MS Outlook using whatever ISP I happen to have activated.
Note: This has the added benefit of preventing any "malware" taking up residence in my machine without my express command.
Does that come close to a suitable response to your question?.
< Message edited by CATdawg -- 8/9/2006 1:28:28 AM >
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/9/2006 7:41:56 AM
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Victor210
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While working in the computer business for several yrs. I have recommended IncrediMail to some of my clients. It works well, allows you to customize and have fun with your email and it also has an advanced feature that only pulls down the headers of your emails from your accounts. You can then decide which to receive and delete the rest before they hit your computer. You can check it out at http://www.incredimail.com. Some of my clients have the free version and some have the paid version. They all like the program...
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/9/2006 9:28:26 AM
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Tom_Toll
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I have used Incredimail for four years now and love it. I have the optional filter on it and it automatically deletes spam. I would recommend it highly.
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/9/2006 11:24:05 AM
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Ronnie G.
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Gale:
I have been using G-mail about 2 years and found it works great.
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/9/2006 10:13:38 PM
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Gale
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Thanks, it sounds like several of you have found something that works for you. Maintaining an email server is a bear due to spam and spammers trying to highjack your email server.
It seems that Spam is like people, it can not be controlled. At best it can be managed. We have a couple filters on our email serve that really help sort out the spam and good email but in testing it became clear that good email would be lost if the filters were set to be effective in labeling most of the incoming spam.
My Inbox is now quite clean so I view the more important emails quickly and from time to time I scan by eye after sorting by subject the junk folders I have set up. A lot of businesses look like spammers but are trade related that you want to read from time to time. Even email sent from CADO is being labeled as Spam by our server. It is more work to “eyeball” the Spam folders but you can’t afford to miss a support or sale email because some dumb spam filter (as is any filter that can’t read my mind). :(
We have decided at HRI until Spam filters get where they can “think” and consistently determine when any email pops up as to where it is a good guy or bad guy without wasting a lot of good guys then we need to make sure we do not give them any bullets. :)
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/10/2006 11:11:57 AM
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ddreisbach
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I use a free Yahoo mailbox. I can route the most obvious trash to the trash folder with filters. Bulk mail (mail addressed to thousands of people) goes to a bulk mail folder for review, which takes at most 2 minutes a day. Very little unwanted mail gets thru to the inbox.
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RE: Do you use AntiSpam software? - 8/10/2006 5:20:26 PM
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Jgoodman
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I have used at least 6 host based anti-spam products (which install on the PC itself) and several server based products, both those that can be installed on the email server and gateway packages that require their own server.
All have their strengths and weakness. All will mark a few non-spam emails as spam and all will let a few spam messages through.
The Macfee and Symantec desktop products were probably the best at filtering the spam correctly, but Macfee is a pain-in-the-buttocks to keep updated as you have to log in each time. And the Symantec loads so many processes on the machine it bogs down the older boxes. Tech support for both is marginal.
The most cost effective/filtering effective server product was the Symantec Brightmail Antispam, which could be installed on the email server. But Symantec is phasing that out in favor of Symantec Mail Security which requires installation on a gateway server.
Pick the one that best fits your budget and deployment scenario, and resign your self to the fact you will still need to delete a few spam messages and will need to regularly check your junk mail folders.
The front desk email address, the one published on the web, for one of my computer clients gets over 4000 spam messages a weekend. And that is just one email address of sixty-something. Their server based anti spam product (from Symantec) shows over 88% of the email received is spam.
Most high speed internet providers have a "security suite" that they give away with service. This is often the most cost effective way to go. It usually has some sort of anti-spam, anti-virus and parental control functions.
Hope that helps
Jeff Goodman
Good Man Adjusting
Goodman Enterprises
Custom Software and Computer Services
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