SpamPal
is a spam filtering system whose main aim is to separate spam from
the mail you really want to read, by filtering the spam into a separate
spamtrap
folder. You can then look through the messages in the spamtrap
folder at a later date and once you're happy they are all spam, you
can delete them!
SpamPal works as a POP3/IMAP4
mail proxy server,
in other words, SpamPal sits between your email program and your
ISP's server. When your receive
an email, SpamPal processes the email you receive, works out if these
messages are spam and then marks them as spam by adding **SPAM**
to the Subject line and by adding a header, X-SpamPal:
SPAM
This process is carried out, mainly, by comparing your emails against
lists of known spam messages, using Public Blacklists (also called
DNSBL lists) such as SpamCop
You can also use various
additional plugins, such as the Bayesian and
RegEx filters
(providing a choice of SpamAssassin
or Regular
expression filters),
to provide additional ways of detecting if a message is spam or not,
without relying on
the DNSBLs. Using the HTMLModify plugin, you
can remove web-bugs from your emails and it will also rename (or
delete) dangerous attachments (such
as .bat,.scr and .pif), which usually
indicate
a virus!
SpamPal uses very little
resources and has a very minimal set of requirements in order to
use the program:
-
A machine running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP (Win95 users
will need IE 3.0 or later)
- A
POP3/IMAP4 mailbox.
- A
standard email program such as Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora,
TheBat, Forte Agent, FoxMail etc.
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Users
of Hotmail should
consult this page
and look for instructions on how to use third-party
tool Hotmail popper,
as SpamPal cannot currently be used with MSN (this may
be overcome in a future version)
SpamPal cannot be used with AOL directly, but it
may work if you consult this page
and look for instructions on how to use third-party
tool YahooPOPs! to
fetch your AOL mail using POP3. |
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| SpamPal
comes with great support,
either using this manual, an online
troubleshooter, the faq or a
very useful support forum |
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As Spam is such a big
issue at the moment, when we see print or online publications
that have published
articles about SpamPal, you'll find them
all
here,
To see:
How SpamPal matches up against other popular anti-spam programs,
check out this comparison chart.
How SpamPal's userbase is growing, see this page
for the latest stats
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