Ending Spam w/ Mailwasher....

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I want to thank Dave VH and whoever else recommended this software. I've only been using it for a few days and the amount of Spam that I receive has slowed to a trickle, which leads me to believe that all the various crap probably was coming from 1 or 2 email marketing firms that automatically fake hundreds of false sender addresses.
I normally got 10-15+ Spam letters a day and so far today I've only gotten 4. It may be too early to tell, but if this keeps up, I may be Spam free.
For those not familiar with the program (it's free), Mailwasher allows you to screen/read your email before downloading it to real email client. If you find any Spam, then you can bounce it back to the sender with the internet equivelent of a fake "address not found" reply. Because this leads Spammer's software to believe that your email address doesn't exist, most will autmatically remove your name from their mailing list. You can also screen & delete email off of your ISP's email server without ever downloading it.
Great little piece of software for the price(free) and very easy to use. I suggest anyone suffering from Spam give it a try. Unfortunately, it's Windows only right now.

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Topic - Ending Spam w/ Mailwasher.... - darkmoebius 21:13:49 01/15/02 (4)

Thanks to JohnS who posted a "Mailwasher" tip on January 5 - Here's a couple more: - Dave VH 21:47:00 01/16/02 (0)

You may want to wait until next week... - darkmoebius 08:43:46 01/16/02 (0)

Thank YOU!!! .nt - Lee S 08:06:20 01/16/02 (0)

Re: Ending Spam w/ Mailwasher.... - francesc 03:53:56 01/16/02 (0)

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