Hello Code, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 10:46:48 PM, you wrote:
T>> I'm looking into some anti-spam solutions MailWasher Pro looks like T>> something useful but has one major flaw. If it can't be 'fixed' I T>> wouldn't even want it for free... :P The problem is that I doesn't T>> work as a proxy. I have to switch of auto mail checking in The Bat T>> and let MailWasher do the checking. When done checking it can T>> launch The Bat! If the Bat isn't loaded it successfully starts and T>> does its 'check mail at startup' but The Bat! is always loaded on T>> my PC. If The Bat is already open nothing seems to happen. However T>> the solution might be I can add a command line option. Is there a T>> command line option that forces a mail check? Something like: T>> thebat.exe -CheckMailNow T>> Besides of the above I would really appreciate some idea's for a good anti spam solution. T>> I prefer proxy type of setups. T>> I spend a lot of time with Baysian type of filtering but that T>> didn't work out very well with the picture spam. T>> I do prefer using those online anti-spam databases C2> For online services, SpamPal works well with The Bat!, although the C2> application itself hasn't been updated for more than a year. I expect C2> the databases it refers to are updated regularly. The only reason I C2> switched away from it was that access to the databases seemed to be C2> slowing. C2> You said you don't like the Baysian filters and I was of that same C2> opinion for a long time. However, I started using the AntispamSniper C2> plug-in for the The Bat! five or six months ago and have been very C2> pleased. It is fast, easy to train and very reliable. It has been C2> 98.6% accurate for the last four months, with only 0.2% false C2> positives. If it wasn't for those darn spammers sending blank C2> messages with .pdf spam attachments lately, I expect it would be well C2> over 99% accurate. Perhaps I should have said taht I don't prefer Baysian filters. I've used K9 and Spampal for a long time. Both use Baysian filers. Both gave good results. SpamPal a bit better because of the RNBL (?) database. Both let me down with 'picture spam' I searched for hours on the SpamPal forum for regex rules. The picture spam with just a picture was fairly successful filtered. But the new generation picture spam with book quotes was/is a absolute disaster. And yes the RNBL access was slow. I don't know why. I'm using an about to expire demo of AVG internet suite. It's spamfilter is perfect! Unfortunately it costs $60/year and I only require the spamfilter part. I already have an other anti-virus tool for example. Perhaps SpamPal has just a bad choice of RNBL lists? And as you say it hasn't been updated for a year. I think it's almost 2 years now because I usally don't count beta releases. (but that just personal) Frankly I would care if it as 100 years old. But with spammers evolving the spamfighters need to evolve too. And regEx is way above my head. AntiSpamSniper. I'll put that on my todo list. Was is/it performing well with picture spam? Or where you along the happy few that didn't receive 50 stockmarket picture spams a day. Those guys are busted according to a news article. Not that it matters because Now the subject just changed to Viagra and loans. As for .pdf attachments I have bad news for you. Statistics show that that type of spam is growing rapidly. BTW AVG did catch all of those picture and pdf spams. So it is possible. There is hope! -- Best regards, Tony Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
