Spam Arrest - Spam Filtering Service

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Spam Arrest - Spam Filtering Service

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Pros

• Spam Arrest cans just about all spam using challenge/response filtering of unapproved senders
• A flexible and comfortable web-based interface makes Spam Arrest universally and easily accessible
• Spam Arrest offers 1 GB of online storage

Cons

• Spam Arrest does not use a spam filter to challenge only senders of mail that is not certainly spam
• Spam Arrest suffers from the problems common to challenge/response filters
• Spammers can use commonly approved addresses to make it past Spam Arrest

Description

• Spam Arrest checks and cleans up to three POP, IMAP, AOL and Hotmail accounts periodically.
• Works as a POP proxy service between your email client and your POP email account.
• In addition, Spam Arrest provides 1 GB of online storage, webmail, and a fresh email address.
• Spam Arrest puts all mail from unapproved senders in quarantine.
• The Spam Arrest quarantine folder can be accessed via the Web, and senders can be approved easily.
• Additionally, Spam Arrest sends challenging messages to new senders, replying authorizes them.
• Spam Arrest supports mailing lists by approving a To: address instead of individual senders.

Guide Review - Spam Arrest - Spam Filtering Service

Fetching new mail from up to three POP, IMAP or Hotmail accounts every two minutes, Spam Arrest automatically removes mail from blocked senders. Unknown senders get a challenging message which they can use to authorize. Alternatively, you can authorize senders manually. In addition to protecting existing accounts, Spam Arrest also gives you a brand new email address plus 1 GB of online storage and a usable if a bit slow web-based email service to use it.

Unfortunately, Spam Arrest suffers from the problems of challenge/response architectures. The challenging messages can be annoying or puzzling to individual senders and a real challenge to legitimate bulk mailers, and if spammers use a sender you have approved they'll get through without problems.