[martin_fierro]

Mailwasher works well for me. Doesn't eliminate it entirely, but it helps.

[Gorzaloon]

Mailwasher.

http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasherpro/

[trebb]

Any idea if the penis enlargement tool works?

Just kidding - some of the ISPs offer SPAM stoppers, but they are flaky at best and tend to block some valid mail. As soon as they find they are being blocked, spammers tend to change the way their stuff presents itself and they are back in business again. About the only way to ensure you don't get spam would be to set up your email program to "allow only" the senders you wanted to receive from.

[WKB]

You forgot the new mini cam

[RockyMtnMan]

I pay for email at http://www.usa.net/netaddress/index.htm and they provide the spam filtering on their side (plus they are Colorado based!). It's about $35 a year but you get free web access to your mail and you can use your favorite mail client as well. Service based spam filtering is better because they aggregate spammers using their entire user base.

[sd-joe]

Mail Washer is a great tool.

And for those ding dang popups: download StealthRay from http://www.godaddy.com.

It has worked great for me. Has stopped popups in their tracks.

[js1138]

You didn't mention your email client. Outlook Express has built in spam filtering. You can develop a list of keywords for either the subject line or the body of the message that will send offending mail to the deleted folder. I'm sure that most other email programs have similar features. I have a list of a dozen magic words that take care of 90 percent of the bad stuff. the words aren't always spelled "correctly". You get them from actual emails rather than the dictionary.

[Hillary's Folly]

Lovely Spam! Wonderful Spam!

[AnalogReigns]

I use the freeware (for now) Spamnet, by Cloudmark. Works great--and on a kind of "file sharing" concept-- ie everyone in the network automatically helps build the database of spam senders....

http://www.cloudmark.com

[VOA]

bump

[ozzie]

spamkiller is good.

[AppyPappy]

Do a search on your email address on the web and remove it whereever you see it.

[simicyber]

I use McAfee Spam Killer and Pop Up Stopper from Panicware. Both work extremely well for me. Spam Killer gets 99% of all spam for me and you can add filters to keep out the other 1% that gets in. Pop Up Stopper kills all pop up windows. I never get them now.

[TC Rider]

I've been using "I Hate Spam" from Sunbelt Software
http://www.sunbelt-software.com

It filters into a 'quarantine' folder so you can check for babies before flushing.

It automatically updates and works well with Outlook (corporate Exchange version). I've also heard it's not that hot with Outlook Express.

[mdefranc]

Try SpamPal at http://www.spampal.org.uk/

It's free, works with nearly any mail client, and - in my experience - catches over 95 percent of spam messages.

[MississippiMan]

SpamKiller

When I finally got fed up, I spend a good deal of time researching the various packages and finally boiled it down to only a couple of choices I really liked. The one linked above won out. I use it with Outlook Express, so make sure they have a version that's compatible with your e-mail client. You can do a free trial of it to check it out. Feels great to have my inbox back!

MM

[southernnorthcarolina]

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[HAL9000]

The spammers are getting more sophisticated, and now they are doing things like making their servers look like a local domain. I haven't totally eliminated spam, but I have a three-phase strategy that is mostly effective:

1. The Mail program on Mac OS X does a good job of sorting junk mail from wanted mail, and it has a "learning" function to fine tune the sorting. It virtually eliminates the risks associated with viruses, worms, and to a lesser extent, trojan horses. The Safari web browser has an option to block popup windows that works great.

2. I use "SpamBouncer" (SpamBouncer.org) on my Sendmail mail server. It scans the mail messages and uses a scoring algorithm to determine if it looks like spam. If so, it bounces the message back to the sender, but gives them a keyword to include in the message if it is a legitimate message so they can resend it. Spammers have never used the keyword to bypass the bouncer.

3. In the worst cases, I program the mail server to reject connections from specific domains and IP addresses.

A couple of spam messages still gets through on a typical day, but the majority of it is stopped.

[sharktrager]

Mail Washer works for me. It lets you run the program before you open your mail client, and filter out spam. You can build you own filter and lists of blocked addresses and domains. It also has a built in list of some domains. You can have filters delete certain emails without them ever being downloaded. It also will send a bounce message to the companies so it looks like your address is bad.

I can sort through 60 emails in a couple of minutes or less.

[goldstategop]

Try http://www.mailblocks.com Its a new spam blocking service and right now they're offering an unbeatable deal of $9.95 for this year plus 2 years extra for FREE. You can configure it to work with AOL, Hotmail, and Yahoo e-mail accounts. You can have it work with Microsoft Outlook and Eudora e-mail services too. Basically it works by requiring a combo of a random code number and live human interaction before an e-mail message is accepted as authentic and allowed to appear in your inbox. Since most spammers rely on computer generated messages to spread the pitches far and wide, that should help to cut the spam down to practically zero. Not too bad a product for a 3 year trial and unlike software it doesn't take up valuable space on your hard drive.