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E-Proxy 2000 2.0 - Spam Filter

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By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

E-Proxy 2000 - Spam Filter

E-Proxy 2000 - Spam Filter

Heinz Tschabitscher

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.

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