Spam Filters

[Guest]

Hi,
I have a friend who is getting unwelcome mail from 2 or 3 people. They
often use anonymous e-mail addresses to send inappropriate mail. We are
looking for a spam blocker and, preferably, a spam block which can help trace
back the anonymous e-mail sender. He is running Office 2003 and has the junk
mail filter on, but we are looking for something more robust. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Rich

 

[Guest]

Are you looking for something free or something to buy? I don't personally
know of any decent free personal spam filters for outlook, but Symantec has a
nice SPAM management suite for outlook, and so do most of the top vendors. A
trip to Best Buy or even Walmart should turn up something good. I don't
think any of them can track anonymous e-mail senders. If they are using a
fake address, all you will be able to tell is the sending domain, an IP
address of the originating server and maybe a name if your lucky. Other than
that, it takes some manual investigation to track anything down.

Thanks
Joe

 

[Brian Tillman]

Are you looking for something free or something to buy? I don't
personally know of any decent free personal spam filters for outlook,

http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/

 

[tony via OfficeKB.com]

We also use Outlook 2003 with the junk email filter, and have upgraded to
IHateSpam. Its probably the best spam blocker out there.

 

[marcel.claassen]

Try using server site spamfilters such as pinjo revealer etc, then your
spam can be reduced at the mailserver already

 

[Ken Cheney]

try ASSP it is also open source assp.sourceforge.net I use and it works
very well.

 

[Robert Williams]

Hi,
If you're in a network that uses Exchange, give ORFilter a try. It's free
and works like a charm, but it is a serverside program.
http://martijnjongen.com

 

[JurasikParc]

Joe, if your friend uses Outlook or Outlook Express I would recommend him Spam bully.

It fully integrates with mail client, has a nice and intuitive interface, it’s easy to use and very accurate. Also it provides detailed information about each email you receive – IP address, country, ISP info, also tells you why a message was or wasn’t blocked by the filter.

 

[Guest]

Your friend is lucky to only be getting unwelcome mail from 2 or 3 people.
Norton is a pain, plus they put [NORTON:SPAM] in the supbject line of
suspected spams whether you want them to or not (and you can't delete it if
it's not actually spam). I recently got SpamBayes (it's free and trainable)
and it's doing better than Norton ever did. SpamBayes junk filter is also
better than Outlook's...and easier to use.