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Whats the best Spam Filter?

Whats the best Spam Filter?

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Are they any good?

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Spamihilator is pretty good after you have used it for a while (provided you use the training area regularly). I had forgotten how bad it is when you start using it; currently I am going through that again on my laptop.

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Thunderbird.

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cheers I'll try them.. googled review rated spam eater pro but I'd rather hear success stories.

We use a highly reputed isp for most accounts but are still getting hammered with about 100 a day.

How is Bill Gates going with internet v.II ???

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Originally posted by Tirau Dan
cheers I'll try them.. googled review rated spam eater pro but I'd rather hear success stories.

We use a highly reputed isp for most accounts but are still getting hammered with about 100 a day.

How is Bill Gates going with internet v.II ???
I'm using an older program called Qurb.
Haven't had a viagra solicitation in years.

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Thunderbird is an e-mail client with built-in filters.

Why have an e-mail client and a spam filter?

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Do any of them work directly with outlook or are they like a separate inbox?
I haven't used many software downloads

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Thunderbird is an e-mail client with built-in filters.

Why have an e-mail client and a spam filter?
For example because you are using an e-mail client you like and don't want to switch to something else.

I use Pegasus mail, and the newest version has built-in filters as well. It put a lot of non-junk in the junk folder when I tried it, but it could probably work reasonably well if you adjust it. But I don't think it can learn from previous e-mails like Spamihilator does.

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Use Thunderbird. Problem solved.

This is not spam.

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Originally posted by Tirau Dan
Do any of them work directly with outlook or are they like a separate inbox?
I haven't used many software downloads

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Spamihilator filters out the spam before it reaches your mailbox.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Spamihilator filters out the spam before it reaches your mailbox.
So does a decent service provider.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
So does a decent service provider.
Mine offers that, but you have to pay for it. And I assume you don't have the same amount of control over it.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Thunderbird is an e-mail client with built-in filters.

Why have an e-mail client and a spam filter?
Qurb integrates into Outlook Express-
Just like a built in filter.

edited for spelling.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Mine offers that, but you have to pay for it. And I assume you don't have the same amount of control over it.
Pay? Cor blimey!

So how many false positives do you get with your Spamihilator?

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Pay? Cor blimey!

So how many false positives do you get with your Spamihilator?
On my other computer (i.e. after using it for a while and telling it not to filter out e-mails from my mailing lists and some addresses I often get e-mail from), I can't remember the last time it happened. Spam still occasionally gets through, especially when there's some new type of spam, but it's very rare.