The Bottom Line
E-Proxy 2000 has a good basic concept, but suffers a bit from limited filtering power and flexibility.
Pros
- E-Proxy 2000 acts as a POP proxy
- Categorizes spam and deals with it per category
- Includes a spammer reporting tool
Cons
- E-Proxy 2000 uses simple keyword filters only
- Not particularly user friendly
- Supports POP accounts only
Description
- E-Proxy 2000 is a spam filtering POP proxy.
- Looks for certain keywords, taking actions based on the detected keyword group.
- E-Proxy 2000 can bounce back unwanted mail as undeliverable.
- Includes a tool that analyzes spam and helps you reporting the spammer.
- E-Proxy 2000 supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Guide Review - E-Proxy 2000 2.0 - Spam Filter
Using an anti-spam tool can have an unfortunate side-effect. You have to check your mail twice: once in the anti-spam tool, then in your email client.
E-Proxy 2000 solves this elegantly by acting as a proxy server between email client and POP server. Unfortunately, this means E-Proxy 2000 only supports POP accounts.
While E-Proxy 2000 has a generally flexible design, the simple keyword filters are often not flexible enough for really precise spam filtering. E-Proxy 2000 can bounce back unwanted mail to make your address appear unavailable. A nice idea, if spammers would care.
All in all, E-Proxy is an interesting and promising attempt, but it would gain with more flexible filters.
