Off Topic: anti spam software??
David B Teague
davidbteague at verizon.net
Fri Feb 23 14:37:40 UTC 2007
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
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