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SpamEater Pro 4.0.2

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By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

SpamEater Pro - Spam Filter

SpamEater Pro - Spam Filter

Heinz Tschabitscher
The Bottom Line
SpamEater Pro is a capable and flexible, but easy to use anti-spam tool that combines content filters with checking blacklists. Unfortunately, SpamEater Pro lacks the precision of Bayesian filters.
Pros
  • SpamEater Pro can check against any blacklist
  • Flexible filters, many supplied, online updates
  • SpamEater Pro is easy to use
Cons
  • SpamEater Pro supports POP accounts only
  • Default filters miss some spam, flag good mail
  • SpamEater Pro lacks statistical analysis
Description
  • SpamEater Pro filters POP accounts for spam before you download it in your default email client.
  • SpamEater Pro comes with many complex rules and online updates can be downloaded.
  • SpamEater Pro can check multiple blacklists for known spammers and open relays.
  • Black and white lists of banned and approved senders let you adapt SpamEater Pro easily.
  • Custom filters can be added easily, too.
  • Deleted spam can be saved locally for later review and recover in SpamEater Pro.
  • SpamEater Pro supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Guide Review - SpamEater Pro 4.0.2
SpamEater Pro comes with quite a number of filters built-in, and it's easy to add flexible new ones. Additionally, SpamEater Pro can check mail against multiple (configurable) blacklists for another layer of spam catching, and a white list makes sure certain mail gets through always.

Unfortunately, all thease measures combined do not reach the precision of anti-spam tools using Bayesian filtering or other techniques of artificial intelligence.

SpamEater Pro is still a valuable tool, though, and it does catch a good deal of spam. Just be sure you review the collected junk and build your white list.

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