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
