anti-spam software

any recommendations

[Barry]

Hi All,

I hope you are keeping well!

Can any one tell me of a good anti-spam software?
Is spamcop.net a good choice?

I am going to try and sort out my spam problem and want the most effective software without distrupting my genuine mail.
My email comes to my PC through a local isp (Eircom.net)

Should one get software for my PC side or try and stop the spam at the isp level.
Any tips, advice, etc would be greatly appreciated,
Thankyou
Barry

[Woz]

Mailwasher! A favourite of members here. You can find it at [mailwasher.net...] , and try searching through the forums for info on setting it up.

Onya
Woz

[carfac]

Hi:

I just started using mailwasher (on a recommendation found in this site- Thanks Woz, I guess!) and I like it. I use it as my second string of attack.

For my first string, I use an old, no longer supported but very good CGI filter called NAGS. It is available here (or at least was the last time I looked): [nags.org...]

It is pretty darn configurable, and works behind the scenes. I love it!

dave

[andreasfriedrich]

Mail::SpamAssassin [spamassassin.org] and Mail::Audit [search.cpan.org] work great.

Andreas

[Barry]

Hi Guys,

Thanks so much for the info!
I have been using mailwasher so far and it is brilliant!

Blessings to you
Barry

[JonB]

i will try this mail washer but i have this constant fear that programs like this will delete some emial that is no spam and is "life-importnat" for me...can this happen?

[bill]

MailWasher essentially filters your e-mail on your server. If you hit delete, it's gone. However you are in complete control of the filters and can see what will be deleted beforehand. It will not delete mail automatically.

[Woz]

As MailWasher gets the mails headers from the server is tags them according to rules you set up. For example, you can mark an email address as blacklisted and bounc/delete all emails from this address, you can mark a whole domain as friendly and keep all emails from this domain, you can filter the emails to trigger on certain words or domains, and so on.

The important thing is that the program does not bounce or delete any emails until you hit the "Process Mail" button. So if you make sure to check the emails and tag/untag as required before processing, then you are OK.

However, after you set your friend/black lists and filters you should be OK. I have had no problems.

Onya
Woz

<added> What Bill said!

[sun818]

Are there any free ones that work as an add-on to Outlook (not Outlook Express)?

[carfac]

Mailwasher works IN ADDITION to mail programs, not as a plug in to the. However, MW will OPEN Outlook when it is done, which is nice...

dave

[sun818]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Not quite what I had in mind... and not enough to justify adding yet another program to add to my list.

[georgeek]

In my opinion Spamcop.net is the professional and better option and is also a community, a little like here.

MailWasher is simply one of many commercial packages that invents things, like the "bounce" feature which serves no purpose (except to sell more product to the naive punter) and actually contributes to e-mail abuse.

Just my 2c worth.