Products > Antispam Scanner 3.0

A clear and simple way to remove email messages directly from your email server,
before it is downloaded into your computer.

Features of letter re-sorting.

Please sort your messages correctly, do not place spam you are interested in to the friends’ zone, since thus you would break the process of program’s learning. To solve such tasks, you can use the message deletion flag (red dagger). This flag is automatically set for spam and is disabled for the rest of the letters. However, you can disable this flag for spam and read it, as well as to delete friendly letters, which you do not want to read (for example, news posting). If this feature confuses and scares you, than just do not pay attention to the flags, they will be set correctly by default. A flag can be enabled/disabled by double-clicking on it.

Rules Lists.

There are three lists of rules for processing of incoming mail. The method of adjustment is similar for all three lists: the rules are arranged according to senders’ addresses, or by keywords from a message title, as well as from any part of it.

Each message goes through the filters of White, Fiery and Black lists. If a letter did not get into one of the filters, it remains in the “indefinite” yellow field.

White List of Rules. This list is of high priority: all letters are checked for correspondence with this list first. If the letter is recognized as a friendly one, it is placed into the friendly green field. If you are, say, an owner of an online business, it would be very convenient to add to the list the names of the services and products you provide. It is not recommended to set parts of address there, since spammers often use different addresses in message subjects.

Fiery List of Rules. The list is intended for automatic deletion of manifest spam. The letters, which correspond with the rules of the Fiery List, will be deleted right away, without going to the lists of messages. This allows you to ignore manifest spam and thus save time, which is useful especially when you receive lots of spam of the same type. For example, every day you receive advertisement of one and the same product. In this case, you should enter the name of the product to the Fiery List of keywords, and thus all letters, which contain the name in its subjects, will be deleted without any assistance required. However, be reasonable and do not misuse this list.

Black List of Rules. Letters, which correspond with the rules of this List of Rules, will be put to the spam list. There is no need to adjust this list manually, since as soon as you drag a letter to the spam zone, the program remembers the name of the sender and keywords from the subject of the message, and uses these data during each next sorting.

Hints and useful tips.

Specify the names of your services and products.

Assume you have your own online business, or, due to your official responsibilities, receive lots of letters with similar subjects from people you are unacquainted with. In this case, it is recommended to add the names of the services and products you provide/sell (as well as other words, which are usually occur in the messages of your clients) to the “Keywords” section of the White List right after you begin using the program.

A separate mailbox for trusted sources with large amount of correspondence.

It is recommended to create a separate mailbox for receiving large amounts of letters from trusted forums and conferences. It would be better to not use this mailbox for any other purposes. This would allow you to receive letters from this mailbox without extra checking.

Deleting false messages about inability to deliver messages.

If you have your own domain, for example, SomeDomain.com, and you have several mailboxes, to/from which different correspondence is delivered (for example “support@ SomeDomain.com” and “[email protected]”), but you send mail only from a personal (unofficial) mailbox (for example, [email protected]), then you can receive a message about inability to deliver your messages only to the hidden mailbox. At the same time, all such letters, which go to other mailboxes (from which you do not send anything), could be masquerading viruses or spam. For automatic deletion of such trash letters, add full addresses of the mailboxes, from which you never send messages, to the “Keywords” section of the Fiery List. For example, I have added the [email protected] mailbox to the list, and during two weeks, the program automatically deleted 309, which definitely contained viruses, total size 12,9 Mb. During epidemics, this filter becomes more than useful.

Cut the spammers’ favorite domains.

If you regularly receive letters from the domains you never corresponded with (and are not going to), for example, I receive lots of spam from a Czech domain, “seznam.cz,” then just add this domain to the Fiery List, and all these letters will be deleted before you see them. To perform that, add the “@seznam.cz” address to the Addresses section in the Fiery List

Maximum management flexibility

You can read a spam-letter or delete a letter from a friendly sender when it is necessary. It is enough to double-click on the message and its status (delete/not delete) will be changed to opposite. This feature allows you to manually manage the letters without breaking general system of letter filtration.

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Users’ Comments

"I very much like the red/orange/green approach. It makes sorting through messages very easy (as opposed to Mailwasher)."

"I have tried numerous spam filtering programs and have had problems with loosing legitimate e-mails. I seemed to spend as much time going through "junk mail" as I did before (though it was not intermixed with other "inbox" items). You program gave me the additional oversite of all e-mails that I wanted. The program also gave me an easy to use method of automatically deleting repetitive spam."

"I found your antispam scanner during a search for an antispam filter in Google. This scanner is special; it is easy and practical to overlook at one glance the three zones red, yellow and green. So we only have to look at the messages in the yellow zone and drag the titles either into the red or into the green zone. Then, synchronize - and its done. This is a clear and simple way to separate spam from our letters. The clever trouvaille here is the visualization by colored zones; rather unique. The idea is original. I certainly shall tell it to my friends. It is even better than the 'Mailwasher' technique."

Reviews

"Antispam Scanner, Get Rid of It Before It Gets to Your Computer

Getting rid of SPAM messages by hand often becomes a job of its own, which takes an essential amount of our productive time. Using the automatic SPAM removal tools, on the other hand, kills a great deal of valid e-mail messages, which hurts the business not less than the waste of time. Where’s the golden mean between quickly getting rid of unsolicited e-mail and keeping valid messages?

Antispam Scanner might be just what you are looking for. It takes care of all issues of the preliminary message sorting, letting you to quickly review and, if necessary, modify the selected actions by simply glancing through the messages. Pulling the trigger button will quickly and safely clean your mailbox, eliminating SPAM and preserving important e-mail messages.

In Antispam Scanner, you are the one who determines which messages are valid, and which are SPAM and must be eliminated. Incoming messages can be sorted by sender’s address, certain keywords contained within them, data types, etc. The sorted mail then appears in the red-yellow-green color format for marking SPAM, undefined and valid messages respectively, making the sorting of incoming mail an intuitive, simple process."

History

• Version 3.0

  The program has been optimized and tested under MS Vista.

   

• Version 2.1

  A status bar is added.

   

• Version 2.0

  The analysis of the program use and feedback from users resulted in the following serious changes:

  - Now there are only two zones left: Friendly and SPAM zone. The zone for suspicious messages has been removed to make it easier to use the program.

  - The synchronization status window has been moved to the upper part of the screen, which allows you to see all messages in the lists. This window has been redesigned in order to reduce the area it occupies on the screen without any losses in its functionality.

  - Now you can see how messages are preliminarily sorted in the automatic mode. It means that messages are not moved to another zone after synchronization is over.

  - Important. You no longer have to wait till synchronization is over in order to sort messages in zones. Now you can drag a new message to another zone or change its deletion status at once.

  - The spam recognition algorithm has been improved.

  - The support of the KOI8-R encoding has been improved.

  - Starting another instance of the program activates the active instance.

   

• Version 1.5

  Small changes.

   

• Version 1.4

  Small changes.

   

• Version 1.3

  It is now easier to add a new entry to Fierylist.

  Right-click the message data from which you want to add to Fierylist and select "Add to Fierylist - Subject" or "Add to Fierylist - Sender" from the context menu. Suppose you receive a message with the subject "With Anatrim you will be ready to try on a new collection of sexy swimming suits." and understand that it is an advertisement of a medicine called Anatrim. It is only the first message among those that spammers will send you later so it would be logical if you added the word Anatrim to Fierylist not to see the advertisement of this medicine any more.

   

• Version 1.2

  Small changes.

   

• Version 1.1

  The spam detection algorithm is improved.

  A sound signal is added to indicate the end of the synchronization process (optionally).

  The welcome window with brief instructions on how to use the program is added.

  Other minor improvements.

FAQ

• Spammers’ addresses constantly change, and that is why I do not feel like including them to the Black List.

  It is enough to drag the letter you need to the necessary zone, and the program will automatically add essential changes to the corresponding filter.

   

• Is it possible to infect my computer by receiving a letter using your program?

  It is impossible, since the program receives nothing but the titles of the messages.

   

• Can your program delete manifest spam right away automatically?

  For this purpose, the Fiery List of Rules is designed. All letters, which meet the requirements of this list, will be deleted during synchronization, and you would not see them in the lists. The program does not add new rules to this list automatically. Please be careful when adding new rules.