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The Bottom Line
- SpamAid uses Bayesian filtering with high accuracy
- You can test outgoing mail for its potential of being filtered as spam with SpamAid
- In spite of a multitude of features, SpamAid is really easy to use
- SpamAid does not allow you to specify folders to scan automatically
- SpamAid produces some false positives initially
Description
- SpamAid is an anti-spam plug-in for Outlook.
- SpamAid uses Bayesian statistical analysis to detect spam.
- Since SpamAid comes pre-trained, there is no compulsory learning period.
- Additionally, SpamAid has black and white lists of senders and simple phrase filtering.
- People you mail can be added to the white list of allowed senders automatically.
- SpamAid can also filter all non-English messages automatically.
- Spam is moved to a special junk mail folder by SpamAid.
- SpamAid can also test your outgoing mail for spaminess, helping you avoid filters.
- SpamAid supports Windows 2000/3/XP/Vista and Outlook 2000/2/3.
Guide Review - SpamAid 4.0 - Outlook Spam Filter
Since SpamAid has already been trained with thousands of spam messages, no learning period is necessary, and you can profit from it moving spam to a special folder right away. Unfortunately (though naturally), the initial corpus will not be perfect for the mail you receive, so you may see some erroneous classifications initially.
In addition to Bayesian filtering, SpamAid has black and white lists of senders and you can build simple phrase filters. While neither should be necessary, SpamAid can automatically add people you mail to your white list.
Looking at your outgoing mail, SpamAid can also tell you how spam-like it thinks the messages are. If the chance of your mail getting caught by a spam filter is high, you can reword it. SpamAid can tell you for both incoming and outgoing messages why it considered them spam or good mail.
