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Best Spam Filter??
Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 4:46 pm
Posted by Trevor (9 messages posted)

Am still looking for the best (free if poss) Spam Filter for Outlook Express. Need some first hand recommendations!!! Thanks all.

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re: Best Spam Filter??
Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 4:48 pm
Posted by triplate (20834 messages posted)

Hotmail...

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re: Best Spam Filter??
Friday, February 4, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Posted by cpt (1134 messages posted)

I'll vote for Hotmail also. Never had any spam.


On Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 4:46 pm, Trevor wrote:
>Am still looking for the best (free if poss) Spam Filter for Outlook Express.
>
>Need some first hand recommendations!!!
>
>Thanks all.

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re: Best Spam Filter??
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 10:12 am
Posted by Jan (16 messages posted)

Just as an other suggestion or alternative:

First: Switch to Outlook instead of Outlook Express.

There are additional features you may want to take advantage of such as a scheduler 
etc. Then download SpamBayes for Outlook, You can find it here: 
http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html  

Before you install it collect a bunch of what you consider to be spam and put it 
in a new folder called Spam. For a comparison, be sure to have email messages that 
you like/want to keep, stored in other folders so that SpamBayes will learn what 
you like and don't like. SpamBayes is easy to train and it's free.

Once you have collected a pretty good quantity of Spam. Install SpamBayes and follow 
the instructions carefully.

As a result, Spam is no longer an issue for me. I just open Outlook and wait until 
SpamBayes is finished and handle the good messages. It's fun just watching them disappear 
automatically ! Oh, every once in a while, select all messages in the "Spam folder" 
and delete them without a second thought.

I would also recomend turning off the "pre-view" window for the Inbox / Spam folder 
or any other window where it really isn't necessary in order to assist in preventiion 
of virus infestation.

Good Luck
Jan





On Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 4:46 pm, Trevor wrote:
>Am still looking for the best (free if poss) Spam Filter for Outlook Express.
>
>Need some first hand recommendations!!!
>
>Thanks all. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html

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