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Larry M. -> 2 Thumbs Up for SpamArrest (8/22/2007 13:20:14)
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With SPAM messages averaging some 250 daily (and counting) I recently subscribed to SpamArrest - http://www.spamarrest.com/ - and, now with zero, zip, nada SPAM messages, I'm very happy I did [:D]
Many thanks to Tom Brunt for his recommendation.
How it works: When email is sent to you, it travels across the Internet to your Mail Server (POP Server). Your email program (such as Outlook, Eudora, Outlook Express, etc.) connects to this Mail Server and downloads your email.
When you subscribe to SpamArrest, Spam Arrest logs into your existing mail server(s) and moves all the email to SpamArrest’s servers every two to five (2 to 5) minutes. Your email program is reconfigured to download your email from the Spam Arrest Mail Servers, after it is filtered based on the Challenge-Response verification process. Your email program downloads only the approved emails, while the spam is stored in your Unverified Folder on our web site for 7 days until it is automatically deleted. Mail can also be checked/changed at the SpamArrest server level and "protected" email addresses (up to five) can be color coded.
Challenge-Response / Email Filtering: SpamArrest blocks spam based on the Sender Address (the email address of the person sending the email). There are three (3) types of Sender Addresses: Authorized, Unauthorized and Blocked.
When an email arrives from an unauthorized (unknown) sender, an automated verification email is sent from SpamArrest (can be customized) asking the sender to verify him/herself by clicking on an included link. This link will direct the sender to a webpage which states that Spam Arrest is being used to block unwanted emails, and instructs the sender to type in a short verification word clearly displayed on the page (similar to CAPCHA). Once a sender successfully completes this quick and easy process, all future emails from that sending address are authorized and will be met with no further verification requests from Spam Arrest.
Unverified emails remain stored on the Spam Arrest web site for 7 days, after which they are automatically deleted. You may choose to review these unverified messages at any time should you believe that a sender is not authorizing him or herself, and you may also pre-authorize senders and mailing lists by entering their email addresses individually or by uploading your address book.
Subscribers also have the choice to Block senders. Email from Blocked senders is deleted at the Spam Arrest server level, so you never have to be bothered with knowing it was even there.
Cost (Cheap): $5.95 per month, $24.95 for 6 months, $44.95 for 1 year, or $74.95 USD for 2 years of service. The initial 6 month trial period is billed at $19.95.
Try it, you'll like it [&:]
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