Mailwasher

[Androcles]

Somebody mentioned using Mailwasher to control spam. I checked it out and it looks a good product, but has anybody any experience of using it and got any advice? I am getting up to 100 a day and delete works well but takes time!

Many thanks A.

[rojash]

I use Mailwasher Pro because I have 21 e-mail addresses. It's great, but I can't offer any particular advice, just general stuff. First thing in the morning I always check mail, ignore everything that it says is known spam, flick through the rest, add any to my friends list that I notice (it imports your contacts form OE as friends, but I don't use OE). Then I process mail. I then do another mail-check and anopther process as for some reason, first thing in the morning there seems to be a second batch of junk just waiting there. Then I collect my mail. If you're on broadband, you can just set it to check periodically, but always collect your mail imediately after a check/process, other wise you'll get junk that appears in the interim.

[Androcles]

Thanks Rojash - that helps as a reality check - useful to find somebody that uses it and finds it helpful.
I am impressed with 21 email addresses - how on earth do you remember them all!!

Thanks,

A.

[fo3nix]

Personally I use Thunderbird, a free app similar to Outlook Express, that has its own very good spam filter built-in. Works well.

[rojash]

Androcles, I have lots of addresses because, as a consultant, I wear many hats for my clients as well as for my own busniess. I don't need to remember them all, as they are all configured in my e-mail client (The Bat).

fo3nix, I looked at Thunderbird, and while it seemed quite nice, I couldn't really see that it had any benefits over OE. It certainly can't perform all the automated tasks that I have set up in The Bat.

The reason I like Mailwasher is that it remains 100% under my control. I can, if I wish, examine every e-mail before it process them, and even read short (non-spam) e-mails and get it to delete them if they don't actually warrant a reply or archiving.

[fo3nix]

The real benefit, apart from it being free software and cross-platform, is the junk mail filter. I've never used the automated tasks stuff simply because I've never needed to, but I'd always thought it was pretty similar in that respect.