Comments on: Personal survey of anti-spam tools http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/ Michael Alderete’s Weblog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: matt http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-6087 matt Fri, 19 May 2006 03:01:46 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-6087 Hey, I noticed you don't talk about email address encoders. I saw one at www.addressmunger.com that was pretty nice. Hey, I noticed you don’t talk about email address encoders. I saw one at http://www.addressmunger.com that was pretty nice.

]]> By: Charley http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-5674 Charley Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:03:06 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-5674 Another vote for JunkMatcher - it uses the SpamBayes engine so far as I know, and has been working great for me. All things considered I prefer to use open-source stuff whenever possible. I just wish there were a plugin this good to use on my windows machine at the office. Another vote for JunkMatcher – it uses the SpamBayes engine so far as I know, and has been working great for me. All things considered I prefer to use open-source stuff whenever possible. I just wish there were a plugin this good to use on my windows machine at the office.

]]> By: La Vie Viennoise http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-5659 La Vie Viennoise Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:11:23 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-5659 Nice roundup. I might give SpamSieve a try, although SpamWatch is doing pretty well for me. While on the subject of spam, there is a great service called <a href="http://emailias.com">Emailias</a>, which allows you to generate a unique email address for every (dubious) web transaction/newsletter. These addresses look like aldoblog@emailias.com or applepro@emailias.com. What's neat about emailias is that you know exactly who has sold or leaked your email address when the spam starts coming in and you can turn that address off at any point without having to register for a dozen ezines (if you have only one disposable address). I have hundreds of these emailiases now, they all work great without any downtime. I have had to disable about ten in the three years I've been using the service. And been delighted to be able to do so when the occasion arises. Nice roundup. I might give SpamSieve a try, although SpamWatch is doing pretty well for me.

While on the subject of spam, there is a great service called Emailias, which allows you to generate a unique email address for every (dubious) web transaction/newsletter. These addresses look like aldoblog@emailias.com or applepro@emailias.com.

What’s neat about emailias is that you know exactly who has sold or leaked your email address when the spam starts coming in and you can turn that address off at any point without having to register for a dozen ezines (if you have only one disposable address).

I have hundreds of these emailiases now, they all work great without any downtime. I have had to disable about ten in the three years I’ve been using the service. And been delighted to be able to do so when the occasion arises.

]]> By: Ganesh http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-4861 Ganesh Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:21:07 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-4861 Came across ur review of antispam tools for desktop/server. would suggest you try "openprotect":http://openprotect.com - its OSS, and free if you dont want KAV and commercial support. it supports sendmail, postfix, qmail and exim and installs in a jiffy ! Came across ur review of antispam tools for desktop/server. would suggest you try openprotect – its OSS, and free if you dont want KAV and commercial support. it supports sendmail, postfix, qmail and exim and installs in a jiffy !

]]> By: samiam http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-494 samiam Sat, 28 May 2005 15:21:35 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-494 You can also try the avoidance route; there is a website called spamhole.com (there are several clones around as well) that creates a temporary forwarding email address that lasts a specified time and then dumps it when the time is up. Its simpler than installing software if you're not too technically inclined. You can also try the avoidance route; there is a website called spamhole.com (there are several clones around as well) that creates a temporary forwarding email address that lasts a specified time and then dumps it when the time is up.

Its simpler than installing software if you’re not too technically inclined.

]]> By: Aldoblog » More anti-spam tools http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-297 Aldoblog » More anti-spam tools Tue, 15 Mar 2005 05:49:30 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-297 [...] e Note: I no longer recommend SpamNet, having found more effective tools. See my Personal Survey of Anti-Spam Tools for more details and recommendations. At the recommendation of a new c [...] […] e Note: I no longer recommend SpamNet, having found more effective tools. See my Personal Survey of Anti-Spam Tools for more details and recommendations. At the recommendation of a new c […]

]]> By: Alderete http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-8 Alderete Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:55:06 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-8 Joe, glad you found something that works for you! There's certainly a lot of products out there, and that's a good thing, diversity means the spammers have a lot harder time trying to break through. I haven't used JunkMatcher myself, and since this is just a survey of the tools I've personally used, I didn't mention it. Joe, glad you found something that works for you! There’s certainly a lot of products out there, and that’s a good thing, diversity means the spammers have a lot harder time trying to break through. I haven’t used JunkMatcher myself, and since this is just a survey of the tools I’ve personally used, I didn’t mention it.

]]> By: Joe http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-7 Joe Mon, 10 Jan 2005 04:29:08 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-7 Oh man. JunkMatcher doesn't get a mention. For people like me who use Mail.app, it's really excellent. The combination of JunkMatcher and Mail's internal spam filter have been very, very good to me. http://junkmatcher.sf.net/ Oh man. JunkMatcher doesn’t get a mention. For people like me who use Mail.app, it’s really excellent. The combination of JunkMatcher and Mail’s internal spam filter have been very, very good to me.

http://junkmatcher.sf.net/

]]> By: trench http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-6 trench Sat, 08 Jan 2005 06:31:44 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-6 Glad you figured things out. Nice site! Glad you figured things out. Nice site!

]]> By: Alderete http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-5 Alderete Sat, 08 Jan 2005 04:44:44 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-5 OK,there were some errors with the wp-comments.php file that comes in the Kubrick distribution, which I have now fixed. So you're now seeing the comments form as the designer intended. OK,there were some errors with the wp-comments.php file that comes in the Kubrick distribution, which I have now fixed. So you’re now seeing the comments form as the designer intended.

]]> By: Alderete http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-4 Alderete Sat, 08 Jan 2005 03:36:45 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-4 Brian, yes, I got comments working. It was a problem in the Kubrick wp-comments.php file, which I'm working around by using the default WP 1.2.2 version. Hope to fix the problem eventually, and use the nicer Kubrick comments form... Brian, yes, I got comments working. It was a problem in the Kubrick wp-comments.php file, which I’m working around by using the default WP 1.2.2 version. Hope to fix the problem eventually, and use the nicer Kubrick comments form…

]]> By: Brian Mikol http://aldoblog.com/2005/01/survey-of-anti-spam-tools/#comment-3 Brian Mikol Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:53:17 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/blog/410#comment-3 Thanks again for the very thorough and worthwhile review Michael! While out of the multitude of email addresses that I have, yahoo is the worst, your recommendations are very much appreciated. Nice to see you got commenting working too! :-) Thanks again for the very thorough and worthwhile review Michael! While out of the multitude of email addresses that I have, yahoo is the worst, your recommendations are very much appreciated.

Nice to see you got commenting working too! :-)

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