Spam - Cloudmark Desktop equivalent (spam filter addon)

I understand there are a lot of threads about spam, we all hate it and we all want to get rid of it... this thread is about finding a Cloudmark Desktop plugin equivalent for the MAC OS.

I'm a switcher, and with outlook on the pc i was able to use this nifty tool to get rid of spam for the most part. currently i end up with 200 spam emails on average per day using Mail on the mac. For a little while i've tried using the onboard spam learning filters, but i've stopped using them as i'm trying afraid of missing legit emails so i'm trying to find a solution much like I had before with Cloudmark.

Or... maybe the solution is a simple one... learn the Mail filers better?

Thank you for your time, and any help or light you can shine upon this everlasting subject.

Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 15, 2006 8:15 AM

Jan 9, 2007 8:17 AM in response to Rick Van Vliet

Rick,

The intention of the 'bounce' was a one time use. I've read the link you've posted, and I agree there are more than likely little if any good in doing so in the future.

FYI on my server I've done an advised security tweak that I'm looking further in to see if it the pros outweigh the cons.

"SMTP Tweak - This SMTP tweak will prevent users from bypassing the mail server to send mail (This is a common practice used by spammers). It will only allow the MTA (mail transport agent), mailman, and root to connect to remote SMTP servers."

So far I've opt'ed not to allow connections to localhost on port 25 while I do some tests. As of yet it's not causing any issues with the ability for php to send mail (sendmail?) such as ExpressionEngine and Gallery.