Anti Spam software for outlook?

[GT98]

Whats your favorate Anti-spam Software for Outlook? I like Cloudmark's Spamnet, but don't want to spend 3.99 a month on it.

[uberlad]

I don't use it myself (installed it on my parents machine) but I'm impressed with Spampal (www.spampal.org). It's free and seems to be clever enough to cotrol as you see fit.

Uberlad

[Taz]

Two more to look at

http://www.statalabs.com/products/saproxy/overview.php

http://keir.net/k9.html

[The PIT]

It's built into 2003 anyway.

[BarryS]

I've used SAProxy, and it caused problems when using Outlook 2003 to download mail, I've since installed spambayes and it works like a dream, learning as it goes (something I never quite figured out with SAProxy).

Anyways, you can get Spambayes for Outlook at http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html

Edit: Actually, I suspect that the problems I had with SAProxy were owing to conflicts between it and Norton AV 2002.

[Gurm]

I use an anti-spam software called "Outlook 2003". Microsoft even releases spam filter updates semi-weekly.

- Gurm

[GT98]

Originally posted by Gurm
I use an anti-spam software called "Outlook 2003". Microsoft even releases spam filter updates semi-weekly.

- Gurm

hmm still using Outlook 2002

I'll have look at "upgrading"

[Gurm]

Do. It's not as effective as third-party bayesian filtering software, but the mini-bayesian filter in there is pretty decent.

- Gurm

[GT98]

Originally posted by Gurm
Do. It's not as effective as third-party bayesian filtering software, but the mini-bayesian filter in there is pretty decent.

- Gurm

I did and its sure is pretty

I haven't had chance to try out the anti-spam features yet though...thankfully I dont get much on my home accounts.

[3dcgi]

This is a little lengthly, but I'm very happy with the results so I'll share. I currently use a two level approach with Outlook. I get over 100 spams a day and my main goal is to not be notified if the message is spam or likely spam.

My first level of defense is a plugin called Qurb. It's strictly a whitelist based filter so Outlook only notifies me with the system tray icon and a sound if the sender is on my approved list. Since I've used this approach I've gotten absolutely 0 spams in my inbox. This is important because I use the preview pane in my inbox. All of the remaining mail is left in a folder called Qurb. I turn off the preview pane in all of my other folders. Oh yeah, Qurb is $30.

My next line of defense is SpamBayes (free) which someone mentioned above. It monitors my Qurb folder and leaves any good mail that wasn't from an approved sender in that folder. Spam is split up into Junk and Junk Suspects. I actually check the junk suspects occassionally, but I never check the junk folder. I just delete it. For a while I checked the junk folder, but I never saw any good email mistakenly get put into that folder once SpamBayes was trained a little bit.