e.dogg mentioned to me the other day that her Outlook Express rules were getting unwieldy, and that spammers were finding ways to write "mortgage" that she couldn't even imagine. That reminded me to post about what I've been using for anti-spam. Since last October, I've been using
POPfile to classify my email as it comes in, and I've been pretty happy with it. It's free, unobtrusive, easy to manage, and won't obliterate false positives, so a quick check will let you see if you've missed any good email.
Since I started using it, I've gotten 6,919 pieces of email, about 65% of which was spam. POPFile says it's been 98.14% accurate in classifying messages as either spam or not spam, and that includes the short learning period you have to put it through to learn what kind of email you get. Pretty good.
Comments are always open for other experiences with anti-spam software.
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I can’t suggest much, except change email addresses, use one for the blog and one for personal email. Never post the personal one and hopefully the spiders won’t get it…
i’m all about this popfile thing. you have to teach it so it learns what to do, but thats ok, since the batteries died in my furby. in the 3 days that ive been using it, popfile has been 93.87% accurate. thats not a bad percentage to have to start off with. im gonna go feed it, play with it, and tuck it in for bed now.
The spammers hate freedom. If you change your address, the spammers have won. They want to destroy our internet way of life. If you look at the spam, the terr– spammers have won. Thank you, and may God continue to bless email.
The spam filter that comes with Mac Mail seems to work pretty well for me. I just purchased my first Mac and am loving. I never even bothered with trying to use filters in Outlook and actually dumped Outlook awhile ago on my PC and used Mozilla’s Thunderbird. It also has a built in spam filter. I didn’t find that Thunderbird’s was as good as Mac Mail’s is.