The Bottom Line
MailSweep is a great and easy to use tool for cleaning a remote POP mailbox. The automatic filters lack flexibility and spam detection efficiency, though.
MailSweep is no longer available.
MailSweep is no longer available.
Pros
- MailSweep is easy and a joy to use
- You can automatically filter and delete spam with MailSweep
Cons
- MailSweep supports POP accounts only
- Filter criteria not flexible enough
- MailSweep does not support HTML messages
Description
- MailSweep provides access to multiple POP email accounts remotely.
- Lets you preview and delete messages directly on the server, save attachments locally.
- MailSweep can filter and delete spam or viruses based on several criteria.
- The process of mailbox sweeping can be automated.
- MailSweep supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista.
Guide Review - MailSweep 3.51 - Remote Email Tool
While the long-term goal probably is to eliminate spam completely, a short-time achievement of banning it from our email client's inboxes wouldn't be bad. With MailSweep, you can achieve this goal, but it requires some work.
MailSweep can automatically connect to your POP accounts, scan the new messages for spam and sweep that spam completely on its own. Unfortunately, the filters you can construct to spot spam are not flexible enough, and MailSweep doesn't offer scoring filters or statistical analysis.
If your automatic filters miss one or the other unsolicited message, you will quickly detect and delete it. All in all, MailSweep is easy and efficient to use, but lacks some power and flexibility.
(Updated June 2011)
