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E-mail filters, programs can stem spam overflow |
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BY MIKE WENDLAND
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
July 11, 2003
There are a wide variety of anti-spam applications in the marketplace. My advice: Be very skeptical of the claims. None of the programs will stop all the spam you get from coming through -- and some may result in more spam.
Case in point: One popular program that makes e-mail senders identify themselves is SpamArrest (www.spamarrest.com). Although it can be effective, the company that sells the product has been criticized for spamming people who comply with its validation requests, trying to get them to buy the $35 annual program.
Before spending a cent on a commercial program, try setting some tougher rules in your e-mail applications. Most of the good ones (Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Apple's Mail OSX) have built-in filtering features that can eliminate unwanted e-mail by parameters you set.
A good guide for the Microsoft Entourage program is at www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/index.html. The rules suggested there will work with most e-mail programs. Keep tweaking, and you can cut spam by as much as half.
Personally, I have two commercial programs I like. SpamSieve (www.c-command.com/spamsieve) costs $20 and works with Macs. SpamBully (www.spambully.com) costs $29.95 and is for PCs.
Copyright © 2003 Detroit Free Press Inc.
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