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I don't want to knock Alligate, it has some nice functionality, especially when used without Declude (auto whitelisting and digest notification), and it does what it says, but it has a relatively high false positive rate in the default configuration and therefore it can't be scored higher than it is on my scale. If they could get the auto whitelisting and digest notification to work with Declude, that might make me a buyer. I'm still looking for more information on Message Sniffer within this context.
One thing you will find with the registered version of Message Sniffer is that the heuristics are divided into categories. Within Declude you can assign different weights to each category depending upon your needs. This is particularly helpful with the Gray Hosting category (Group 60).
It's important to note that this is not available in the demo rule base. Although the demo rule base is now updated as frequently as registered versions, the categories are not differentiated and new rules are slightly delayed.
You can find details about the result codes and the heuristics categories at the following URL:
http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/ResultCodesHelp.html
You can always download the evaluation and a fresh demo rule base file at:
http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Try-It.html
(there is no limit on the evaluation period)
Another important thing about Message Sniffer is that your subscription includes customizing your rule base to fit your needs - including ongoing adjustments for missed spam and false positives, as well as white, black, and blocking rules upon request.
While Message Sniffer regularly scores 93-95% capture rates out of the box (see prior statistics posted by Scott) the fine-tuned rates tend to be much better and the false positive rates tend toward very low fractions of a % after a very short tuning period (6-15 days on average). The rapid update process (several updates per day) also tends to weed out newer spam very quickly.
If you have any specific questions please feel free to contact me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope this helps, _M
Pete McNeil (Madscientist) President, MicroNeil Research Corporation Chief Sortmonster (www.sortmonster.com)
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