The top 5 anti-spam programs   

The word spam refers to sending unsolicited messages to a large group of people. There are many forms of spam but the most widely used is the e-mail spam. Getting an e-mail spam or junk mail is a frequent complaint of most Internet users. The proliferation of e-mail spam started in the mid-90s when the Internet gained popularity with the general public. Since then it has become an increasing problem as spammers find new ways to invade e-mail accounts. Today, over 80% of all emails in the world are spam, and this has creates created the necessity to have an anti-spam programs.

Below are my top 5 choices for anti-spam software.

Computer Associates (CA) Anti-Spam

CA Anti-Spam program offers spam defence for numerous POP3 email accounts which are integrated with Microsoft Outlook. Its unification with Outlook provides one of the finest performances from an anti-spam program. It supports foreign language filtering including Italian, German, Portuguese, French, Mandarin and Japanese.

CA's Anti-Spam program permits the exporting of a sender’s list to another computer which can be very useful when you have several computers. It has already received several Editors’ Choice Awards from PC Magazine for the last 3 years.

SPAMfighter

SPAMfigher is an effective anti-spam program which can be easily acquired by downloading from the Internet. It is simple to install and can easily be incorporated with Microsoft Outlook. It has many features including multiple language filtering, programmable blacklisting choices, and a unique spam filter technology. SPAMfigher is free for home users and an effective solution to those bothersome spam e-mails.

Spam Monitor

Spam Monitor can work with any email client around today. It uses a refined set of tools to identify spam and features an automatic black lists review to move good senders to its white list. Spam Monitor provides spam protection on IMAP and several POP accounts and it uses Bayesian statistics to determine the spam possibility. The Bayesian filter can be configured with mail in Eudora or Outlook Express. It has the capability to identify spam in the message’s header or subject for added filtering.

SpamBully

SpamBully anti-spam program offers a fully programmable set of tools and options. Comprehensive information is presented on each email received thus giving you the necessary data on how SpamBully classifies an email. If you deem that an email classified as spam is not a spam, then you can manually classify it as not a spam with just a few clicks of the mouse. Additionally, SpamBully monitors web sites that send spam and analyze your email links. It carries out a real-time black list check to classify spam senders and take them out of your inbox. Some of the best features of SpamBully include reporting spammers to the FTC, sending back spam messages to their origin, and sending a password to potential spammers that they must manually key-in to reach your inbox.

Choice Mail One

Choice Mail One is another fully programmable anti-spam program. It is able to guard a limitless number of email accounts on any email provider. It is more expensive than the other anti-spam programs but it is most valuable if you maintain several email accounts.

Choice Mail One has a complete set of tools to control incoming messages. You have the option to select which email will go to your inbox but doing this can be time consuming. Your contact list can be imported to Choice Mail One’s white list, and you can also add addresses to the black list for refusal which will be sent to the spam folder for deletion later.

Choice Mail One is a great anti-spam program that surpasses most of its competitors. It's customizable features allow you to indicate the precise things that you require thereby giving you 100% control over e-mail spam.

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