Still, For about 5% of my time I use a PC laptop, and I would be interested to know of a decent mail client on that. I cannot get the hang of Eudora, and I consider the MS stuff to vulnerable.
Thanks, Mirko -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:16:24 +0200 Max Gossell wrote: >If your friend is using Outlook, here is one anti-spammer that seems >pretty close to SpamSieve in its behaviour: > ><http://www.openfieldsoftware.com/ella.asp> > >Best, >Max G > > > >__ At Monday, June 16, 2003 20.39.26 I originally wrote: __ > >At Sunday, June 15, 2003, 20.38 CET, Leonard Morgenstern ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Yesterday, I had a conversation with a man who uses a PC in his business. >>When I told him how PowerMail filters can sort messages into appropriate >>folders and can invoke Spamsieve to identify spam. He clearly was not >>aware that a mail program could have that power. >> >>Are PowerMail and Spamsieve available for the PC? If not, are there >>programs that could do the job for him? >> >>Thanks for any suggestions >>Len > >All email clients I've seen can sort messages into folders. No matter if >they are for Mac or PC, they have some kind of filtering system. I bet >your friend's email client can too. He should look for "rules" or >"filter", and these can be found just about anywhere from preferences to >someplace in one of the menus. > >As for anti-spam software, Versiontracker came up with 4 pages on the >word "spam". I can't help you with any recommendation for a PC anti- >spammer, but try this link (versiontracker for windows/searchword "spam"): > ><http://versiontracker.com/mp/new_sea >rch.m?productDB=win&mode=Quick&OS_Filter=Windows&search=spam&x=0&y=0> > >If you wan't something close to SpamSieve you should look for something >like "Bayesian spam filtering", "self teaching algorithm" etc. Also, you >want to make sure all email is first downloaded by your ordinary email >client, then checked by the anti-spam filter/software. Some anti-spam >apps delete spam already on the mail server and others run as separate >"pre apps" to your email client. I've tried quit a few different (Mac) >apps, and found the way SpamSieve works is the most smooth and reliable way. > >Max G > > > > > > > >__ End of original message __ > > > > > -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes The whole MarinerPak
