I have been deluged by junk E-mail -- Spam -- and was faced with two choices: change my E-mail address or figure out how to cut down on all that crap. I searched the Kim Kommando site, (
http://www.komando.com ), which I trust, for something appropriate, and I came across a program called MailWasher, which can be found at
http://www.firetrust.com . Having used the program for about a week, I already see a decrease in crap, and I figured others might be interested in it.
Here's the company's overview: "MailWasher Pro is a useful program designed to remove spam, viruses and unwanted attachments from your e-mail before they get to your computer. MailWasher Pro connects to your e-mail server(s) then retrieves and displays information about the e-mail waiting for you. Aided by MailWasher Pro's built-in processing tools, you can then decide what to do with each individual e-mail - download, delete, or bounce it back to the sender. MailWasher Pro deletes unwanted messages at the server, without downloading them - or it can bounce an e-mail back to the sender so that it looks as though your address is not valid, making the spammer think you don't exist. By checking your accounts with MailWasher Pro, you can eliminate the e-mail you don't want. Then, when you use your e-mail program, it downloads only the remaining messages - those that you actually want to read. MailWasher Pro can be thought of as a first line of defense which can weed out junk, large wasteful attachments and potentially harmful viruses."
This program is free to try and if you like it, you can send them $29. I would only add that it was extremely easy to set up. You only need to know the addresses of your incoming and outgoing mail servers, information that can easily be found in your mail program's options. So there you have it.
