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The Bottom Line
iHateSpam is an easy to use and powerful anti-spam plug-in for Outlook. Its only problem is the less than stellar spam detection rate.
Pros
- iHateSpam is easy to use, integrates with Outlook
- Wrongly classified mail can be reported
- Spam interception window makes recovery easy
Cons
- iHateSpam has a less than perfect detection rate
- Lacks statistical analysis or community filters
Description
- iHateSpam is a spam filtering plug-in for Microsoft Outlook.
- iHateSpam uses a set of internal filters to determine spam.
- Additionally, custom filters and black and white lists of senders can be used.
- Wrongly classified spam can be submitted for analysis and iHateSpam filter improvement.
- Detected spam is moved to quarantine folders and can be recovered easily.
- iHateSpam can pop up a window listing all quarantined mail, making recovery even easier.
- Spam can be bounced back to the sender, and iHateSpam can generate spam complaints automatically.
- iHateSpam supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP and Outlook 2000/2/3.
Guide Review - iHateSpam Outlook Edition 3.2.57 - Outlook Spam Filtering Add-On
There are lots of anti-spam tools, and almost equally as many are cumbersome to use. iHateSpam integrates well with Outlook and makes filtering spam almost effortless.
Without difficult configuration, iHateSpam starts moving spam to a "Quarantine" folder from where it can be recovered easily if iHateSpam makes a mistake. Such wrongly classified mail can be submitted for analysis and filter improvement.
Unfortunately, this was necessary a bit too often. But the detection rate did improve slightly over time, and automatic filter updates allow for some hope.
iHateSpam also offers a number of nice gimmicks: you can bounce spam or have iHateSpam generate a report to ISPs automatically. Custom filters and black/white lists complete the package.
