Off Topic: anti spam software??

[David B Teague]

Disclaimer:

I am aware this is off the topic of uses of Ubuntu. Some of you know 
more about killing spam than I ever will, so...  If any object to this, 
by all means, send flames. However, any answer, even a link to a place 
that might provide an answer, that will be gratefully and  
appreciatively received.

The Question:

Can anyone recommend antispam software that works under XP with 
Thunderbird? Thunderbird Baysean spam detection isn't effective against 
spam that has advertisements in an embedded image.

I use Verizon DSL. This is the only high speed internt available to me.  
Their antispam feature has about 20% false positives. I turned it off, 
yet I receive only a little more spam than when I was using it.  (But 
still too much.)

Ideally, I would like to have software that has a white list, initially 
populated from my address book; a black list, initially populated from 
the national known spammer database; that will challenge email senders  
who are not in the white list; that has Baysean spam detection and scans 
images to detect spam. Free software is to be desired, but I am willing 
to pay a reasonable price for proprietary software, if it runs on my 
local machine.

Any advice other than use one of the Debian based Linux distros with 
Spam Assassin?

There may be my answer. While waiting for an answer, I'll look for a 
version of Spam Assassin that works under Windows.

Warmest Regards
David Teague