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   Review - POPFile for Windows

   0.18.0 (Feb 20, 2003)

   Wow, I've used many different spam filters/spam killers however, POPFile is the most accurate yet with about 99% accuracy and virtually no false positives. There is some manual setup for your mail client, but it works great on Outlook, Outlook Express and Poco.
   
   The multiple bucket feature allows for sorting of all your incoming mail into the correct mail folder. For example I have mail folders in Outlook setup for home, business, emags, news, updates, spam, etc and POPFile sorts out the spam and then puts good mail in the proper mail folder.
   
   The software is in a active development open source phase on popfile.sourceforge.net. Best yet its is free without any limitations. Donations are accepted, if you like the program.

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   Review - G-Lock EasyMail

   3.49 Beta Build 213 (May 17, 2002)

   Why throw out the baby with the bath water. Yes, someone could use EasyMail for spamming, but there are plenty of valid reasons to use a program like EasyMail that don't involve spamming.
   
   For example, I am a member of several technical committees that have from 50 to 100 members, Sending out ballots via email to individual members was a nightmare because one of my ISP's limited email on their SMTP sever to 15 outgoing addresses at once. That meant splitting up (and maintaining) my mailing list for the committees in groups of 15 or less. What a pain!
   
   With EasyMail I can send directly to the recipient's email server, get verification that it was accepted by their server (or an error message on why it wasn't) and as an extra personalize the email going to each member.
   
   EasyMail is the best program I found to handle this type of emailing problem. The address book maintenance is a little weak, (especially on imports) but it does the job. Another benefit is that I don't have to remember to select the correct SMTP server depending on which network I may be on at the time (home, travel, clients, ...).
   
   To use the direct delivery service you do need to be sure your ISP doesn't block port 25. Some of the big ISPs (ie Earthlink on dial-up) block port 25 and only let you access their SMTP server on that port. This is supposedly to block spammers, but it is a major aggravation for those of us who send to a medium size group of individuals. The real spammers easily find their way around the port blocking anyway.