The Bottom Line
Ultra SpamFilter is friendly and easy to use and supports a great number of account types, but unfortunately its spam filters are not precise enough. Ultra SpamFilter is no longer available.
Pros
- Ultra SpamFilter is easy to use and friendly
- Supports POP, IMAP, MAPI and Hotmail accounts
Cons
- Ultra SpamFilter produces lots of false positives
- Limited to simple keyword filters
Description
- Ultra SpamFilter checks multiple email accounts for spam periodically or manually.
- Supports POP, IMAP, MAPI and MSN Hotmail accounts.
- Ultra SpamFilter detects spam using an artificially intelligent algorithm.
- Additionally, approved and unwanted senders as well as custom keyword filters can be used.
- Ultra SpamFilter lets you preview detected spam in plain text or HTML.
- False positives can be resent easily or saved to disk as .eml files.
- Ultra SpamFilter supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Guide Review - Ultra SpamFilter 1.6.0.0 - Spam Filter
Ultra SpamFilter is a friendly program. It looks nice, it's simple, and Ultra SpamFilter is easy to use. It's great how Ultra SpamFilter supports not only multiple POP accounts, but IMAP, MAPI and MSN Hotmail as well.
Unfortunately, all this friendliness can't cloud one major shortcoming: Ultra SpamFilter's spam filters are simply not precise enough. The "artificial intelligence" algorithm produced a great number of false positives. The friends list can eliminate some of those, but doesn't protect new senders, and the only way to add custom filters is by way of simple, forbidden keywords or phrases.
All in all, Ultra SpamFilter would make a great spam filter with exemplary usability, if it had precise spam filters.
