[dba-Tech] Spam, spam, spam, spam ....

how about adopting thunderbird?  it's very outlook express-ish , and comes
with built in spam blocking tools.  I of course perfer gmail now, but at
home on my home email address I still use thunderbird to help weed out the
occasional spam...



On 3/6/06, Andy Lacey <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Well I'll suggest it but if I know my mate he'll want a freebie. Thanks
> John.
>
> -- Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> > John Bartow
> > Sent: 06 March 2006 18:56
> > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Spam, spam, spam, spam ....
> >
> >
> > Hi Andy,
> > Not free but of the OTS apps I've tried, CA's Anti-Spam has
> > worked marvels for me. I've tried a few others that were
> > pretty good but not as good. CAAS has been approx. 99%
> > acurate for me with Outlook 2003. This far surpasses the
> > previous apps I've tried.
> >
> > HTH
> > John B.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> >
> > Hi all
> > A mate has asked my advice, so I'm bringing the question to
> > they-who-know-everything (ie you lot). Can anyone suggest
> > good, free, spam-blocking software, compatible with Outlook
> > Express, that uses techniques more sophisticated than putting
> > rules in Outlook looking for specific words. An example he
> > gave me is an email received recently with no Subject and
> > just an image in the Body, oh and one of those sent-by's
> > which changes all the time. Is there anything out there which
> > could detect that as spam? At work our ISP uses heuristics to
> > spot heavy traffic coming from a certain source and flags it
> > up tht way, but I'd guess that that's always a paid-for
> > service. What do you all think?
> >
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