Scarecrow Man Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Spamihilator works between your E-Mail client and the Internet and examines every incoming E-Mail. Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background.The new Learning Filter (Bayesian Filter) uses the rules of Thomas Bayes (English mathematician, 18th century) and calculates a certain Spam-Probability for every E-Mail. You can train this filter! So it will know your messages even better than you. Hence the recognition rate will continuously increase.In addition Spamihilator uses a Word-Filter, that searches messages for known keywords.Of course, Spamihilator supports Plugins. These useful additional filters protect your system against annoying spam mails.The program works with almost every E-Mail client, such as Outlook 2000/XP/2003/Express, Eudora, Mozilla, Netscape, IncrediMail, Pegasus Mail, Phoenix Mail, Opera, etc...http://www.spamihilator.com/Works great with Thunderbird, and it's freeware! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 I'm worried about filters like this. If I understand it correctly, suspected spam will NOT be downloaded. Doesn't this mean that there is a possibility for it to reject a genuine e-mail? I am perfectly happy with Mailwasher, and make my own decision to delete an e-mail instead of downloading it. OR, have I misunderstood the purpose of the program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 No. It keeps mail in a "Recycle Bin" you can view it or delete it from there safely if you wish. It also has a "Training Area" where you train it to filter spam and good mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Seems OK, but with Mailwasher the e-mails don't even reach your computer in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Is mail washer freeware?39.99USD for MailWasherThis is a good freeware alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 I have been using it for a couple of days now without a problem. I have been getting a lot of spam lately so I will see how this program works.Thanks for the heads up Scarecrow Man. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Is mail washer freeware?39.99USD for MailWasherThis is a good freeware alternative.Mailwasher is FREE, unless you want the version that can be used for multiple mail accounts.Free Mailwasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Is mail washer freeware?39.99USD for MailWasherThis is a good freeware alternative.Mailwasher is FREE, unless you want the version that can be used for multiple mail accounts.Free MailwasherCheer's andsome. I didn't know there was a free version. Unfortunatley, I do use multiple e-mail accounts, and Spamihilator works for all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 The last free version of MailWasher (2.28 Beta) handled multiple mail accounts with absolutely no problems - and a copy can be obtained from here :D :- Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Thanks Boris! I'll give this a go tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 You may wish to add some more DNS Spam Blacklist filters to the (2 - I think ?) already set up in it ?Any help - please ask - andsome uses this version as well (I believe)I use the full version (now at 4.1.9 - best $5 donation I ever made !) but the Beta is very good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korgg Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 I have tested spam ihilator ...First it didn't work with Thunderbird ... Not happy at all with this one ...Tried it with Outlook express .. Indeed it does the job, but I do have some questions..First of all, when I press send/reicv in Outlook the mail begins the wonderfull trip into my computer ... But it comes in two ways.. The outlook way (with all the spam) and tha Spam Ihilator way (very little spam....almost none)...Second is this one: does Spam Ihilator keeps the messages on the server or it just gets them transfeeres to my computer for good ???This one is quite important because there are several computers that should get the mail .... :( ..I did get a notice from my boss saying that yesterday there was less mail than usual ... :D ... Not that I know anything about it :D ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 You may wish to add some more DNS Spam Blacklist filters to the (2 - I think ?) already set up in it ?Any help - please ask - andsome uses this version as well (I believe)I use the full version (now at 4.1.9 - best $5 donation I ever made !) but the Beta is very good !I might give it a go. How is it better than Spam Inilator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I have tested spam ihilator ...First it didn't work with Thunderbird ... Not happy at all with this one ...Tried it with Outlook express .. Indeed it does the job, but I do have some questions..First of all, when I press send/reicv in Outlook the mail begins the wonderfull trip into my computer ... But it comes in two ways.. The outlook way (with all the spam) and tha Spam Ihilator way (very little spam....almost none)...Second is this one: does Spam Ihilator keeps the messages on the server or it just gets them transfeeres to my computer for good ???This one is quite important because there are several computers that should get the mail .... :( ..I did get a notice from my boss saying that yesterday there was less mail than usual ... :D ... Not that I know anything about it :D ...Works just fine with my thunderbird... 1.0.2My only beef with Spam ihilator, must be trained. You have to train it to know what is junk, and what isnt. You may find yourself having to let a lot of legit mail through, but after some customizations it should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I am using version 2 at present. No problems with having to train it, and I can see even junk on the server before making the decision to delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 I am using version 2 at present. No problems with having to train it, and I can see even junk on the server before making the decision to delete it.Alright, you win... MailWasher's paid version is better, but I'm a freeware junkie and SpamIhilator does the job quite well for freeware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Version 2 is FREE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Installed, and happy :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 OK. I've changed my mind. Spamihlator is not good. I uninstalled it, but it changed the server settings in Thunderbird and had me without e-mail until I manually changed it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 FREE Mailwasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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