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Singing the anti-spam blues

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f0dder:
SPAMfighter is too bugged imho - when closing Outlook Express, it oftens hangs. And also I don't like the messages that it adds.

Why do you prefer the Bat?  :tellme:
-Curt (February 21, 2007, 10:35 AM)
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Because there's a lot less exploits for The Bat than for OE :), I can view HTML mails safely if I choose to (it has it's own instead of using an IE control), it has good message filtering, good multi-account support, and decent anti-spam plugins (the free version of AntiSpamSniper works wonderfully, and it hasn't taken long to train it).

Anyway, dspam turned out to be too much bother, so I'll probably try moving the users to ThunderBird... hope it'll be painless, and that TB can cope with import of some pretty large  amounts of Outlook Express mails.

Carol Haynes:
I have been singing the praises o POPfile for years but no one listens (maybe it is my singing).

The only issue with POPfile is that you use a webpage to configure the software. Fine in Outlook because you can set up a folder in the folder tree that opens it when you click but in other clients it may not be as easy - you can of course just use the optional tray icon to access the control panel.

POPfile is a Bayesian filter system that is not spam specific but doesn't take long at all to start classifying anything you like. Basically the way it works is it adds a field in the email header with the classification you want to use and then in the mail client you use rules to sort the incoming mail on that field. Simple but effective (if a little clunky and geeky for the first 30 minutes).

There is a plugin for Outlook (2002 on) that allows all the configuartion to be done from a toolbar in Outlook. It used to work great (and really simple and effective) but I found that it started to have some problems with later builds of POPfile. Outclass hasn't been updated since 2004 because the writer doesn't want to continue working on it. He would like it to be developed though if anyone wants to take on a project.

For details see:

http://www.vargonsoft.com/Outclass/

and

http://popfile.sourceforge.net/

f0dder:
That might be a solution, Carol, but I'm afraid it's a bit too clunky and geeky for those people... will probably be a lot easier to get them moved to ThunderBird, after all it does look a bit like OE. I did come about PopFile quite a long time ago, but had since forgotten about it.

Thanks for the suggestion though, and if anybody else has anything to add, please do - even if I've pretty much made up my mind, input is still valuable :)

Carol Haynes:
Actually POPfile has come on a bit in recent years - OK it is a little geeky to start with but once it is up and running it is pretty hands off.

lanux128:
i don't mean to stray, but is there anyone who can recommend a good and easy to configure anti-spam tool for Outlook Express? i have to work with some elderly folks who find learning a software too strenuous, so i have to find a work-around.. :)

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