Decent anti spam programs

Charles King · January 6th, 2004, 12:55 PM

Thanks Harry for the tip.

Richard Iredale · January 13th, 2004, 11:38 PM

I'm new on this board; sorry for the delayed response.

In mid-December I began using an inexpensive program called "Qurb" (www.qurb.com). It now runs on both Outlook and Outlook Express, and integrates nicely into the toolbar.

It works by building a whitelist based on (a) your Address Book and (b) your "sent email" folder. You can add or delete names on this list very easily. Emails coming from unknown sources go into a quarantine folder, where you can see them and determine whether they are spam (most likely) or legitimate. The nice thing is that Qurb can send an automated response (you can edit the message) to those senders, and all they have to do to get on the approved list is just reply (the spam bots can't).

Anyway, after one month of use, Qurb has blocked ALL spam from my inbox. After about the first week, I found there were very few legitimate emails coming into the quarintine folder. I no longer bother to check that folder.

An elegant solution. No more Spam.

Dan Holly · January 15th, 2004, 06:58 PM

I'm really impressed with the filtering and rules within Office 2003.

By "training it" for a couple of months, I've knocked down my spam by 85 to 90%.

I had a head start since I was on Office 2003 beta, but wowie is it powerful if you are remotely familiar with "if" or "and" statements !

Barry Gilbert · January 15th, 2004, 07:26 PM

It is called pop-file. I filters it before your email proggy ever gets it. It labels every email that comes in. I only have 2 buckets. [spam] or [good]. Then I use outlook to take the ones marked good and send them to my inbox. The ones marked spam go straight to the delete folder. I usally get about 75 a day and after training it for around 2 weeks, I have only had 1 missed marked this week. It is free but if it cost I would gladly pay for it.

Go here to check it out :

http://popfile.sourceforge.net/

Charles King · January 15th, 2004, 09:08 PM

wow! All these programs to chose from. Thanks guys.

Robert Knecht Schmidt · January 23rd, 2004, 09:28 AM

Has anyone tried Spammunition? Bayesian + whitelist, works in Outlook, freeware, still in beta.

Barry Gilbert · January 23rd, 2004, 02:39 PM

I tried it and kept having problems with it crashing. I guess that's why it's still in beta.

January 6th, 2004, 12:55 PM	#16
Charles King Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sweden Posts: 795	Thanks Harry for the tip. __________________ Charles 'What we perceive to be may not be what we believe to be.'

January 15th, 2004, 06:58 PM	#18
Dan Holly Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 336	Outlook 2003 I'm really impressed with the filtering and rules within Office 2003. By "training it" for a couple of months, I've knocked down my spam by 85 to 90%. I had a head start since I was on Office 2003 beta, but wowie is it powerful if you are remotely familiar with "if" or "and" statements ! __________________ Dan Holly Anchorage, Alaska

January 15th, 2004, 07:26 PM	#19
Barry Gilbert Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winnsboro, SC Posts: 96	I have a great/free one!! It is called pop-file. I filters it before your email proggy ever gets it. It labels every email that comes in. I only have 2 buckets. [spam] or [good]. Then I use outlook to take the ones marked good and send them to my inbox. The ones marked spam go straight to the delete folder. I usally get about 75 a day and after training it for around 2 weeks, I have only had 1 missed marked this week. It is free but if it cost I would gladly pay for it. Go here to check it out : http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ __________________ "No matter how good she looks; somebody, somewhere is tried of putting up with her crap." Randy Brazell

January 15th, 2004, 09:08 PM	#20
Charles King Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sweden Posts: 795	wow! All these programs to chose from. Thanks guys. __________________ Charles 'What we perceive to be may not be what we believe to be.'

January 23rd, 2004, 09:28 AM	#21
Robert Knecht Schmidt Wrangler Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,933	Has anyone tried Spammunition? Bayesian + whitelist, works in Outlook, freeware, still in beta. __________________ All the best, Robert K S Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| The best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 13th, 2004, 11:38 PM	#17
Richard Iredale Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 67	I'm new on this board; sorry for the delayed response. In mid-December I began using an inexpensive program called "Qurb" (www.qurb.com). It now runs on both Outlook and Outlook Express, and integrates nicely into the toolbar. It works by building a whitelist based on (a) your Address Book and (b) your "sent email" folder. You can add or delete names on this list very easily. Emails coming from unknown sources go into a quarantine folder, where you can see them and determine whether they are spam (most likely) or legitimate. The nice thing is that Qurb can send an automated response (you can edit the message) to those senders, and all they have to do to get on the approved list is just reply (the spam bots can't). Anyway, after one month of use, Qurb has blocked ALL spam from my inbox. After about the first week, I found there were very few legitimate emails coming into the quarintine folder. I no longer bother to check that folder. An elegant solution. No more Spam.

January 23rd, 2004, 02:39 PM	#22
Barry Gilbert Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Winnsboro, SC Posts: 96	I tried it and kept having problems with it crashing. I guess that's why it's still in beta. __________________ "No matter how good she looks; somebody, somewhere is tried of putting up with her crap." Randy Brazell