Comments on: Is your spam volume increasing? http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spam/is-your-spam-volume-increasing/ Stay safe online with jargon-free security hints, tips and resources Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Hely http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spam/is-your-spam-volume-increasing/#comment-4765 Bill Hely Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:05:06 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1352#comment-4765 Purely as a matter of interest, the effectiveness of applications such as MailWasher relies on Bayesian and heuristics technologies. The team that created SpamBayes are pioneers in those technologies, and as a result several commercial products have been based on the work done by the SpamBayes folks. But in the final analysis anything that does the job and stays within the bounds of acceptable false positives/false negatives is worth considering. Purely as a matter of interest, the effectiveness of applications such as MailWasher relies on Bayesian and heuristics technologies. The team that created SpamBayes are pioneers in those technologies, and as a result several commercial products have been based on the work done by the SpamBayes folks.

But in the final analysis anything that does the job and stays within the bounds of acceptable false positives/false negatives is worth considering.

]]> By: Bill Norrie http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/spam/is-your-spam-volume-increasing/#comment-4764 Bill Norrie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:33:41 +0000 http://computerandonlinesecurity.com/blog/?p=1352#comment-4764 I've been using a Spam Filter program called 'Mailwasher' for a number of years and found it very effective. It is highly configurable and fairly straightforward in operation. It allows you to view and if necessary, tag emails directly on your ISP's mail server, before downloading to your PC's mail client Inbox. There are two versions available - a free one which only supports a single email address and does not provide technical support and Mailwasher Pro which has no limit on the number of email addresses, provides full and good technical support and free updates. You can find out more here : http://www.mailwasher.net/ I’ve been using a Spam Filter program called ‘Mailwasher’ for a number of years and found it very effective. It is highly configurable and fairly straightforward in operation. It allows you to view and if necessary, tag emails directly on your ISP’s mail server, before downloading to your PC’s mail client Inbox.
There are two versions available – a free one which only supports a single email address and does not provide technical support and Mailwasher Pro which has no limit on the number of email addresses, provides full and good technical support and free updates. You can find out more here : http://www.mailwasher.net/

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