Spam filters

[chris ashdown]

What do you consider the best spam filter on the market and why?

[Mike Hughes]

For outlook I'm very impressed by Cloudmark. I've used it now for about 2 years and couldn't be happier.

Very few false positives and it handles the 200+ spam emails I get daily very effectively.

The bottom line for me is that I can leave it to run by itself and spam is no longer a problem. I just delete everything from the spam folder without even bothering to look at it.

Mike

[chris ashdown]

Hi Mike

We already have Cloudmark and for the ones it does remove it does it well, but many get past it, Some the same ones each day (xxx.XX.XX 72% 0FF on Pfizer !)that have been onward sent from i guess infected computers

We do get one hell of a lot of spam each day as we are quite free with our email address ( which at the same time does give customers confidence)

[jont]

Chris - you should stop buying all this Pfizer and get off their mailing lists!! All the email links on your sites have been encrypted so should not be coming from there.

I tend to filter on the server as well using the x-rbl-warning using the following lists:

abuseat
sbl.spamhaus.org
spamcop

there are others but the above seem to cover the majority and have kept spam down to a tolerable minimum.

[chris ashdown]

Hi John, you just don't understand these little blue sweets taste really nice and do things to me which I cannot talk about

[party_pete]

The spam filters built in with our hosting (pinbrook) are very efficient but we also have ESET Smart Security Anti Spam which catches the odd stray one, maybe one a day

[jont]

do things to me which I cannot talk about

I had the same effect visiting http://www.british-nurses.co.uk/acat...nic_White.html

[Mike Hughes]

Some the same ones each day (xxx.XX.XX 72% 0FF on Pfizer !)

I got a bunch of these last night. The emails that is, not the little blue diamond thingys. I was surprised to have to block 5-6 of these emails this morning (and that was after being closed on Sun/Mon).

Most of the time I find very little spam gets through and what does is easily manageable. For me it's probably only 2-3 a day which isn't much of a problem.

The only thing I dislike about Cloudmark is that it runs on the PC. This means if I ever want to check remotely via webmail I have to wade through all the spam sitting on the mail server.

Mike

[party_pete]

Now, why are you visiting there Jont, when you've free access to Nurse Fancy Dress Costumes ?

I can see this thread going rapidly downhill

[Duncan Rounding]

Or even:
http://www.fancylines.co.uk/acatalog...t.html#aDG3517

EDIT: BION I think that's the same model Pete.

[party_pete]

I will examine in more detail and get back to you Duncan

[Mike Hughes]

Jonty, I've been looking at the http://www.partyconnection.co.uk/aca...___Nurses.html page and I couldn't help noticing. Does anyone actually use the 'tell a friend' feature?

Mike

[jont]

I can see this thread going rapidly downhill

Well... if I really want to get the swingometer on the move French Maid Costumes ... not that I spend too much time optimising those pages. Ahem!

[jont]

Jonty, I've been looking at the http://www.partyconnection.co.uk/aca...___Nurses.html page and I couldn't help noticing. Does anyone actually use the 'tell a friend' feature?

Mike

That stats show your email address has been entered several times for the nurses pages!!

[Mike Hughes]

Well he is rather cute isn't he?

http://www.partyconnection.co.uk/aca...es.html#a29760

Mike