I agree with Linda. I tried K9 and Mailwasher. I prefered Mailwasher.
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From: "Linda Pulliam" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Need a good SPAM blocker.
> I used K9 for a few days. I liked it, but not as well as Firetrust's
> MailWasher. I prefer a client that deletes spam without importing it in
> any form. I like that K9 will learn and mark Spam so that one can set up
> a filter to send it to the trash folder. With the quantity of spam
> currently arriving, it will take a very long time to learn. I guess I
> was just impatient since I already was successfully using MailWasher.
> One also needs to be aware that you must reconfigure your POP settings
> (not really that difficult) in order to use it. Another feature that I
> prefer about Mailwasher is that it seems easier to set up filters to
> block whole domains rather than each individual address.
>
> Linda Pulliam
>
> Orf Bartrop wrote:
>
> > If it works as described it should be an excellent SPAM blocker. Perhaps
> > someone who actually uses K9 could comment.
> >
> > Orf Bartrop
> >
> > Ron Jobe wrote:
> >
> >> Fred Langa reported on a free Bayesian filter called K9. I've not
> >> tried it,
> >> so can't say anything about it. Read the LangaList report here:
> >> http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-05-05.htm#3
> >> Get it from http://www.keir.net/k9.html
> >> Bayesian spam filters are supposed to (1) rate each email on a
> >> statistical
> >> probability of the message being unwanted and (2) learns from its
> >> mistakes
> >> and recognized what you consider as unwanted.
> >> HTH
> >> Ron Jobe
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >
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