> > Because it works on a peer-peer basis. > > "Just like Napster allowed us to share a central list of our > favorite music, > Cloudmark Spamnet allows us to share a central list of spam. > Individually > this reported spam isn't very powerful, but the collective reports of > millions of email users networked together blocks virtually > all spam on the > Internet. >
[ marketing fluff omitted... ] > > It's been developed by the Napster guy. > that's all well and good, but before you go running off and installing anything, take a good look at the EULA. they claim the right to install third party software. nope. not on my machine. i'm not trading spam filtering (if i filter on text/html, that removes 75%-90% of the spam i receive anyway...), for becoming an ad server, or having adds thrust at me, or whatever he plans on sticking on my computer. plus it's beta software. i have a sneaking suspicion that after this hits production, you get a choice of ad-supported software or you pony up $X for an ad-free version. no thank you. - chris
