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jonny
3rd September 2003, 15:26
Actually the msn's mail address i use get flooded by virus, in 1-2 hours the mailbox is full and i can't receive any other mail (i think i'm not the only one with this problem ^^).

Is there any nice *working* program to filter msn/hotmail accounts (i basically need to filter out messages around 100k and messages like mailer-daemon@... & postmaster@...)?

I've done a little app that filter POP3 mail addresses, so a good working proxy/gateway that traslate POP3 to HTTPMail proto could be a second option.

I've searched around but i have not found anything working.
Any help/suggestions are welcome!

int 21h
3rd September 2003, 19:29
http://www.boolean.ca/hotpop/

wmansir
3rd September 2003, 22:52
If you use Outlook 2002 you can set it up to check your Hotmail account and use a Outlook plugin program like Spamnet (look for the last free beta) to filter spam. There is also a similar free outlook plugin, but it uses the more common Bayesian technique and I don't find it as accurate.

I don't know if these options will fit your needs (sounds like the Hotmail proxy would work better) but for those who want simple spam protection on their hotmail account it's an easy setup.

jonny
4th September 2003, 09:10
HotPop is the app i was dreaming! It works really well with my little spam filter.
Many thanks to both for the help!