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SPAMulor "A better approach to managing SPAM." |
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2/18/2008 Version 1.1q is now available: Changed "Accept On To" option to also check the Cc field for Accepted addresses. Fixed bug where manually added addresses were not recognized until after Spamulor was restarted.
10/24/2007 Version 1.1p is now available: Minor change to text message panel, for improved stability. Minor code clean-up. Fixed parser to unwrap long header fields. Previously, some valid multi-line "From" addresses were indicated to be "Bad" and the corresponding senders were repeatedly flagged as unknown.
10/30/2005 Version 1.1m is now available: Fixed unclosed socket leaks. Updated to use Java JRE 1.5.0. Deployable JAR file.
11/27/2004 Version 1.1l is now available: Arbitrary wildcard addresses (e.g.: buy*junk@mx*.*.ru) now work! There are few other improvements, too.
9/25/2004 Version 1.1j is now available: Added automatic deletion of expired challenges 1 month after challenge. Improved debug support.
5/16/2004 Version 1.1h is now available: Improved address parsing. Fixed bug that caused SPAMulor to hang on email with no "From" field.
4/4/2004 SPAMulor finally has an easy MS Windows installer, that includes the Java JRE! You can get it from the downloads page.
Got SPAM?
SPAM is email received from no one you know, pretending to have your true interests at heart, and offering to relieve you of your money in exchange for something that you do not want or cannot have.
Sometimes it’s the same message, a few times a day.
Sometimes it’s so much that begins to outnumber your legitimate email.
SPAM is a rude imposition that’s only getting worse. If you receive email, you will probably receive SPAM. If you already receive SPAM, then you will probably receive an increasing quantity.
There is lots of software available to block SPAM.
Unfortunately, most of it involves filters that either end up letting SPAM through
or not letting legitimate email through. Some of it involves requiring
legitimate email senders to register with a third party and even to use
non-email applications (such as web browsers) to do so.
SPAMulor is different:
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SPAMulor does not
delete or block any email.
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SPAMulor does not
require you to specify filters or policies, or subscribe to any services.
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SPAMulor does not
use any form of Internet database, but you can share its database with others.
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SPAMulor does not
require legitimate email senders to register with a third party.
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SPAMulor does not
require legitimate email senders to use any application other than their email
program to identify themselves.
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SPAMulor flags every
piece of SPAM delivered via every current spamming scheme, enabling your
own email program to funnel it into one single location, out of your way.
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SPAMulor learns the
email addresses you learn and imports the ones you already know.
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SPAMulor actively challenges
email from unrecognized senders and flags it in response to a dynamic status
value.
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SPAMulor can automatically
identify itself to other copies of SPAMulor, but only if both the
sending and receiving copies are permitted by their owners to do so.
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SPAMulor operates simultaneously
and compatibly with other available anti-SPAM applications.
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SPAMulor will run on all
Java-supported platforms. Support currently includes MS Windows, Linux, and
Solaris (with Mac on the way).
More people are using SPAMulor every day, because it works.
After my own fair share of frustration with both SPAM and SPAM-blocking software, I realized that “regular expression filters”, “heuristic content analysis”, and “community effort blacklists” are simply unable to keep up with the evolution of SPAM. I considered other solutions, and eventually realized that an automated flagging and address-learning mechanism combined with an active challenge/response strategy might be the answer. So I created SPAMulor.
Yes. All voluntary contributions, however, are welcome and greatly appreciated!
SPAMulor detects and flags email from unrecognized addresses, allows you to manage the addresses from whom email is to be accepted or denied, learns new addresses automatically, and optionally challenges unrecognized address to determine whether or not they are SPAM. It includes the following features:
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SPAMulor POP3/SMTP proxy
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Automatic address learning
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Automatic email flagging
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Dynamic status assignment
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Real-time monitoring and
control GUI
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Email address importing
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Automatic challenging of
unrecognized email addresses
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Automatic response
processing
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Automatic identification to
other SPAMulor users, with optional blocking by the challenger
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Multiple, user-programmable
email flags
Not all contributions are financial!
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Encouraging and critical
email are great. Email me as “admin at spamulor dot net” with what you
like/dislike about SPAMulor, any bugs you find, any ideas for improving
SPAMulor, or any completely unrelated adventures you want to share.
Email me
as “admin at spamulor dot net” regarding financial contributions.
Last updated on 2/18/2008
Copyright 2001-2008 Scott E.
Ritter