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SpamBayes
SpamBayes is an intelligent spam filter and message classifier for Outlook, that automatically categorizes your incoming messages into `good`, `spam` and `unsure` and sorts them into the associated f ...
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- Aug 07, 2007
- For version:
- 1.04
Great, with one exception 
- Interface: 4
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is a great little addin for Outlook. My only gripe is that it sends suspected spam to a "Junk Suspects" folder, and when you confirm that an item is indeed junk, it then sends it to the "Junk Mail" folder instead of the "Deleted Items" folder. So then you have to delete it after that. Very, very stupid programming, seeing as how the end result is that dealing with Spambayes' suspected spam is actually MORE work than not having a spam filter at all. Other than that, it's a great little app.
Review by: asdfkasd
First post
- Dec 25, 2006
- For version:
- 1.04
Worked ok, but...
- Interface: 4
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
I found SpamBayes to be decent at identifying spam, although the success rate was not nearly as high as a proxy-type spam filter that I tested previously. I didn't care for its system of putting some items in a "spam" folder and others in a "suspected spam" folder. I would have preferred that it all go to the same place, but this is configurable. Getting SpamBayes to work like other anti-spam products (intuitively), I found to be a very tricky proposition. I contacted their support for assistance. They responded promptly, but I thought they were more defensive about their spam categorizing philosophy than they were helpful at getting it to work the way I wanted. When I uninstalled, it had some leftovers, namely the SpamBayes toolbar was still available in Outlook. Although useless now, I can't make it go away permanently. Maybe the authors expect that nobody will ever uninstall this product. Anyway, SpamBayes is certainly worth a try.
Review by: Shaggy (12)
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- Nov 11, 2006
- For version:
- 1.04
It's very clever program. once we settle ...
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 4
- Overall:
It's very clever program. Once we settled up, the rest will be done by this software.
Review by: Willy_Widyanto
First post
- Sep 13, 2006
- For version:
- 1.04
This program is great!!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I really like the way this program is built. I was able to make it work in my unusual settings where another spam filter failed and deleted my messages. SpamBayes is safe, it does not delete messages just marks them and lets the e-mail program sort it, or delete it. It's a much safer setup. Also it was easy to set up, good documentation.
Review by: Laszlo (2)
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- Jun 02, 2006
- For version:
- 1.04
Bye bye mcafee and symantec...hello spambaye!
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
We use Exchange in conjunction with enterprise level Antispam. I've tried numerous ways and the spam box numbers are still increasing exponentially making human intervention tedious. As well, false positives were getting too high. I've test run SpamBaye on the Spam box with a dedicated PC--solely just for Spam box. I've used our huge load of spams in the archive, about 1,000,000 worth of spams and 2,000,000 worth of good ones for training--which I knew would come in handy some day at a cost of our HD space on our raids. Trained it and let it run for well over 3 months now. Absolutely loved it. Makes my work as IT admin a WHOLE lot easier in sorting out false positives from the spams. Now if only SpamBaye would be available for Exchange Server 2003. For now, the only downside is it operates at a client level.
Review by: RegisteredUser
First post
- Mar 27, 2006
- For version:
- 1.04
Mostly great, but no way to permit users
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 4
- Overall:
I've used this utility at work for two years now, it's the best free one I know. That said, I wish there was a way to permit various users' emails, always. I will often send myself short notes, "print out the article", "download this utility URL", etc., as reminders for the next day. I find it almost always categorizes emails from my home to my work to be spam. If I don't remember to look through the spam collection, I don't see the email. The justification for not having this feature is that spammers could use my email address to sneak in. However, I would appreciate the program letting me have the option to decide if the risks outweigh the benefits (in my case, they do). Right now, after a few years of manual training, it still has not learned that messages from home are not spam. Otherwise, a good program.
Review by: erich666
First post
- Dec 26, 2005
- For version:
- 1.04
Catches 99% of my spam
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Have been using this program for about two weeks now. After organizing my mail folders in order to "teach" the program how to differentiate between good and bad mail - this program has been incredibly reliable in filtering out my high flow of spam. Very few mistakes since I've configured it (before configuration, or rather, out of the box, it flagged almost everything as spam). I'm very impressed with this program, especially given that it is freeware. Highly recommend.
Review by: tarzanna (3)
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- Dec 06, 2005
- For version:
- 1.04
Looking for the norton anti-spam replacement?
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have been looking for the Norton Anti-Spam replacement (Norton has good features but is a resource hog/buggy) This is exactly what I was looking for... Thank You
Review by: 00inxs00
First post
- Nov 30, 2005
- For version:
- 1.04
Very effective, very reliable
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is an excellent spam blocking tool. I've been using it 2 years now and have absolutely zero problems in the last year. This tool efficiently blocks around 200-300 spams a week, and leaves me with an average of 5 suspects weekly that I need to check. So easy to use, fully integrated into Outlook. Highly recommended.
Review by: rkoyle (15)
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- Nov 28, 2005
- For version:
- 1.04
Tried and tested
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have been testing this product for about 6 months. I receive on average 10 Spam emails per day. I am using Outlook on an exchange/server network. I have had no problems at all and it is very easy to set-up. After downloading your emails, the SpamBayes program processes your emails. At first it will move all emails to a 'suspect' folder and from here you decide if it is Spam or not. The program learns from this and you therefore have to deal with fewer suspects. This program is much better than the Outlook rules wizard because the Spammers use foreign dictionaries to swerve the filters. It now filters all of my emails perfectly, saving me having to trawl through Viagra adverts every morning. I highly recommend downloading and trying this program.
Review by: jireland (2)
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- Sep 01, 2005
- For version:
- 1.04
Fight back
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Great add-in for MS Outlook. I used my Inbox and Deleted Items folders to train SpamBayes on differentiating spam from ham, and it started making surprisingly good decisions right away.
Review by: MarkCEO
First post
- May 15, 2005
- For version:
- 1.04
Smart and silent - just what i like
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
First of all: it WORKS. Does the job very well and doesn't disturb at all - this program is just silently working in the background, collecting the "questions" for you. Then when you say "ok, let's see what we have" it shows a well-formed list of each email you've received and you can start teaching. Mr Bayes gets smarter and smarter every time :) it's fun, but also surprising how fast he learns. What I really like about this program: it doesn't hide anything from you. No unwanted extras, no hidden mail disposal, it's all YOUR business to handle the results, Bayes just inserts his "humble opinion" about the mail and if you trust him enough you can make a rule in Outlook Express to collect the spam. So 1: you still receive everything, 2: you always have a chance to ignore the Bayes filter, 3: you can even check the mails AFTER they have been "managed". Great. You'll like it.
Review by: danger (9)
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- Feb 06, 2005
- For version:
- 1.0 RC2
Better than mcafee spamkiller
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Spamihilator is the easiest and the best Anti-Spam Program that I have used to date. I like it so much that uninstalled and deleted all traces of McAfee Spamkiller (that I paid for) and installed Spamihilator. I added many of the Plug-in and Add-on filters, and it works great! The on-line manual is easy to use and understand. I recommend this program to anyone who wants or needs an anti-spam program for Outlook Express, Outlook, Netscape Mail, and any Mozilla based e-mail handler such as Thunderbird.
Review by: MisterH (2)
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- Jan 01, 2005
- For version:
- 1.0 RC2
An outlook must-have.
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
As close to a life without spam as you can get. My wife and I have used it for a couple of years and does a great job. Once trained, I only glance in the Possible Spam folder, and almost never look in the SPAM folder (which I have set MS Outlook to archive-delete). Originally it was only for the full MS Outlook program, but now supports Outlook Express through a proxy. A real timesaver and it's FREE. I highly recommend it for both Outlook and Outlook Express.
Review by: lsacher
First post
- Jan 01, 2005
- For version:
- 1.0 RC2
About time
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This has to be one of the better filters I have came across in awhile. I very little training, this program was up and running and getting rid of those spam messages.
Review by: hrwasp (56)
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- May 29, 2004
- For version:
- 1.0b1
Spambayes
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
SpamBayes, is easy to use and self installed, a plus when recommending it to friends. I just wish it would send spammed mail to the recycle bin directly, instead of designated folders.
Review by: Denibus
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