I came back here tonight and re-read all of your responses (and there were lots! Thanks so much!)
I wanted to report that I have at last downloaded MailWasher Pro 4.1 just two days ago. I tried to set up all sorts of fancy rules in Outlook Express 6…had to give it a chance, but, at the same time, I was blocking around 175 emails per day and it was just too much. It’s a real time-waster. On my second day with Mailwasher, it did very well. I’ve got it set up to Blacklist and Bounce, for now, while it’s training, but I can already see a shortcut that I’ll probably put into effect tomorrow. To the above, on the MW screen, I’ll add Delete. I can always recover if it “misses,” but it’s right there in front of me, so it’ll be my mistake, too!
By the way, I had an odd thing happen both yesterday and again today while on the MW screen. Avast kicked in warning me of “a possible email virus.” The message was from AVAST. ??? Someone had “tagged” it. (I’ll be letting Avast know on another screen as well.) The tagger was as follows: “FamousBluePill@orexis@info4u.info” I recognize it as on my “Blocked” list on OE. Thanks Avast!
And a VERY sincere “thank you” to Max, David R., Technical and all the others who have been so helpful in replying to my query. As I re-read your discussions, it dawned on me how helpful they will be to other “newbies” in Avast, like me, in the future. You’re a really helpful and great bunch of people.
Could anybody please tell me how to configure SpamPal to run with avast ? I’m having my mail adress set to: localhost / username:loginname@pop3servername.com in Outlook. After installing Avast I’m told: SpamPal is unable to use port 110 (error 10048) is this port in use by another program ? I guess it is by Avast. I’m running my local wireless network (one pc only) on a Belkin 54g router with build-in forewall.
I need this pc up and running online all the time, so I dont dare to eksperiment with different settings.
Thanks in advance
Mailwasher Pro is good spam blocker, but what I dislike about it is the Bounce function.
A lot of people don’t know that when you use this function, you’re in fact spamming a real person in most of the cases, and certainly not the spammer.
:o Most of the spammers use real adresses (fake), but not their own.
It would be better to just delete, instead of Bounce.
Imagine a real person getting spammed by you, also a real person. Not a pretty picture, I can assure you.
7r, there were an avast user called Culpeper (where is he? :'() that uses SpamPal with avast.
Can you search the board for SpamPal and his name?
You will find the solution, that is similar to Spamihilator.
EVdb, everything you said is true, so that’s why, best thing to do is remove checkmark from ENABLE bouncing option in MailWasher, and problem solved… see attachment. MailWasher really is one of the top, best anti-spam products ever… bad thing is, you have to pay for Pro version…
I know that, S.Z.Craftec, but it was meant as advice to Sunny and other persons who aren’t aware of what this Bounce does in reality.
:o The mere fact that Firetrust promotes this feature is beyond my understanding.
It should never have been incorporated in the first place. I’m also a registered user of MWP, but I don’t use it anymore. In fact I don’t use any seperate spam blocker, because the Bayesian filter is integrated into my email client. Pre-download filters take care to delete every banned sender/domain as well as a lot of other tools to eliminate these threats.
Another neat little email program seems to be IncrediMail. My girlfriend has used that for well over a year now. I decided to goof around with it and find a neat thing or two.
You can set it up to where you approve what emails goes into your inbox, the rest goes to junk folder. Go through junk folder to see if any of it needs added to the approved list.
Also you can bounce back any junk email. See junk you don’t want, right click on it and tell it to bounce back to sender. Looks as if your email address is bad… sends them a message telling them “User unknown”
I know that, S.Z.Craftec, but it was meant as advice to Sunny and other persons who aren't aware of what this Bounce does in reality.
The mere fact that Firetrust promotes this feature is beyond my understanding.
It should never have been incorporated in the first place. I'm also a registered user of MWP, but I don't use it anymore.
In fact I don't use any seperate spam blocker, because the Bayesian filter is integrated into my email client. Pre-download filters take care to delete every banned sender/domain as well as a lot of other tools to eliminate these threats.
Have a nice weekend you all.
Again everything you said is true, and I am 100% aware what you meant by that… there is lot of users out there and they are convinced that bouncing is something good… well, it could be something good, but today, mail bouncing is something that work against users who wants to use it… sad but true… completly clear…
…and sorry if I sounded too harsh in my last reply… my intention wasn’t to argue with you, I think absolutely same way as you regarding “bounce” feature.
:o FYI: This bounce feature in IncrediMail does the same as the one in Mailwasher Pro. All bounce features are bad.
[b]S.Z. Craftec wrote: [/b]...and sorry if I sounded too harsh in my last reply... my intention wasn't to argue with you, I think absolutely same way as you regarding "bounce" feature.
To paraphraze a pun,
‘I’ve tried all the rest and know I’ve found the best.’
Sasha, your right. Mailwasher Pro is the best program even though you have to pay for it.
And PLEASE don’t use Bounce. It only invites more spam.
Have a nice day. ;D
In fact I don’t use any seperate spam blocker, because the Bayesian filter is integrated into my email client. Pre-download filters take care to delete every banned sender/domain as well as a lot of other tools to eliminate these threats.