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Spam Killer 2.45

One of the most efficient anti-spam tools, which distinguishes itself with good filters and its easy of use.
Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT
Manufacturer: Novasoft, http://www.spamkiller.com/
Prize: 29,95 Dollar


Spam Killer is able to check a various amount of mail accounts. It not only supports POP3, also MAPI can be used. Not requested messages are processed using definable filters. The program combines the function of a mail notification- and of an anti-spam tool. Spam Killer can cooperate with an arbitrary Mail Client or only start it.

Harmless senders are kept together in the so-called "friends-list". Spam Killer also comes with numerous filters: It is possible to scan for special senders, subjects, header-information, country of origin, message text, invalid mail addresses and replays. Over 3.000 filters are available and can be updated via the internet. Filter Actions, such as deleting junk messages, are customizable.

The tool creates an inbox for each account, supports replays and is able to suppress HTML tags. Spam Killer is able to use dial-up and network connections, even proxy servers are supported.