The Bottom Line
SpamXpress adds and updates Outlook Express mail rules designed to keep the spam off your Inbox. SpamXpress is easy to use and maintain, and while not perfect, the spam detection rate is okay. SpamXpress is no longer available.
Pros
- spamXpress works seamlessly in Outlook Express
- Online filter updates
- spamXpress rules can be customized easily
Cons
- spamXpress filters limited to keywords
- A number of false positives
- Limited to Outlook Express' filtering system
Description
- SpamXpress installs a set of anti-spam mail rules in Outlook Express.
- Filter updates are announced via email and easily installed through a Web site.
- SpamXpress rules can be easily modified and customized in Outlook Express.
- Filtered spam is automatically moved to a special junk mail folder.
- SpamXpress rules apply color coding to make it easy to identify which filter caught a message.
- Includes a whitelist filter that looks for senders in your address book, whose mail is never spam.
- SpamXpress marks emails containing attachments and recognizes foreign language spam to some extent.
- SpamXpress supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP and Outlook Express 5/6.
Guide Review - spamXpress - Outlook Express Spam Filter
Like any respectable email client, Outlook Express offers a flexible filtering system. Why not use this facility to filter out spam? This is exactly what spamXpress does.
Using an easy to use web interface, spamXpress installs and updates a set of rules designed to move spam from your Inbox to a special folder automatically. The effort has to be lauded. Unfortunately, spamXpress is hampered a bit by the rules system of Outlook Express, which is not flexible enough to construct really precise filters.
With this handicap in mind, spamXpress does a pretty good job filtering spam, especially if you make use of the white list and address book filters. All in all, spamXpress is a nice and easy to use, but not perfect filtering experience.
