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The Bottom Line
SpamSifter is a simple and easy to use anti-spam tool that could need some improvements to its detection technique.
Pros
- SpamSifter is simple and easy to use
- Imports address book contacts for white list
- Can filter foreign language spam
Cons
- SpamSifter filters not transparent
- Supports POP accounts only
Description
- SpamSifter checks multiple POP accounts for mail and spam periodically.
- Includes a large number of content filters to detect spam in various categories.
- SpamSifter can automatically delete detected spam and bounce it back to the sender.
- Custom white and black lists of email addresses and keywords.
- SpamSifter can import addresses from the Windows Address Book.
- Can announce new messages and lets you preview them or start your email client.
- SpamSifter keeps detailed statistics of spam detection.
- SpamSifter supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Guide Review - SpamSifter 1.1 - Spam Filter
SpamSifter is a pronouncedly simple anti-spam tool. This means it is easy to use, features a nice setup wizard and will spare you hours of configuration and tuning.Unfortunately, being simple also means using plain content filters that apparently only look for bad words or addresses. "Apparently" because the whole filtering process is not transparent in SpamSifter, another price to pay for simplicity. Anyway, a weighing mechanism or statistical analysis could improve detection results.
On the plus side, you can easily set up (equally simple) custom filters, and import your address book as a white list of senders that are always allowed in. Adding senders to the SpamSifter white or black lists from existing messages is easy, too.
