Monday, July 1, 2002
Cloudmark SpamNet
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 01:00 PM
http://www.cloudmark.com/
If you're sick of spam, this is worth checking out. Cloudmark takes the peer to peer (P2P) concept and extends it to spam blocking. How? Well, let's say that I check my email and get a spam message. I click on BLOCK, and it uploads the profile of that spam message to the server, so when one of YOU check your email, that spam message will be blocks. If something is mis-filed as spam, I click UNBLOCK and that information is uploaded to the server as well (it somehow thought my Lockergnome newsletter was spam). Ultimately this is a far more useful solution than relying on massive lists on a server that get updated every few weeks. Spammers are constantly changing the subject line and FROM information to elude filters, but SpamNet works quite well.
Since installing the software (it integrates really nicely into Outlook 2002) on the 27th, I've had 209 pieces of spam come my way. The program caught about 180 of those automatically, and I've had to "teach" it to block the others. They're at beta 3 now, and so far the application is free. It's not perfect (when their server isn't responding, you get no spam filtering), but this is the best spam-filtering solution I've seen yet. It definitely gets my nod of approval, and it they keep improving it, this could become a very powerful tool for nuking spam.
Here's a blurb from the site: "Cloudmark SpamNet saves you time and frustration by automatically stopping spam. The service is free and easy to use. Spend time reading your email -- not deleting unwanted spam messages. Not only do you protect your own Inbox, but you also shield the entire community from spam each time you block a message. Help others and join SpamNet now." Source: Stefan
If you're sick of spam, this is worth checking out. Cloudmark takes the peer to peer (P2P) concept and extends it to spam blocking. How? Well, let's say that I check my email and get a spam message. I click on BLOCK, and it uploads the profile of that spam message to the server, so when one of YOU check your email, that spam message will be blocks. If something is mis-filed as spam, I click UNBLOCK and that information is uploaded to the server as well (it somehow thought my Lockergnome newsletter was spam). Ultimately this is a far more useful solution than relying on massive lists on a server that get updated every few weeks. Spammers are constantly changing the subject line and FROM information to elude filters, but SpamNet works quite well.
Since installing the software (it integrates really nicely into Outlook 2002) on the 27th, I've had 209 pieces of spam come my way. The program caught about 180 of those automatically, and I've had to "teach" it to block the others. They're at beta 3 now, and so far the application is free. It's not perfect (when their server isn't responding, you get no spam filtering), but this is the best spam-filtering solution I've seen yet. It definitely gets my nod of approval, and it they keep improving it, this could become a very powerful tool for nuking spam.
Here's a blurb from the site: "Cloudmark SpamNet saves you time and frustration by automatically stopping spam. The service is free and easy to use. Spend time reading your email -- not deleting unwanted spam messages. Not only do you protect your own Inbox, but you also shield the entire community from spam each time you block a message. Help others and join SpamNet now." Source: Stefan
