There hasn't been a spam blocker yet that delivers perfect performance. But one reviewer was so impressed by Microsoft's SpamNet program, which applies to Microsoft Outlook e-mail users, that he has all but raved about the program in the Houston Chronicle.
SpamNet compares inbox e-mail arrival, or any folder where a user routes his mail, to a database of known spam, wrote columnist Dwight Silverman, and if the incoming mail matches anything in there, it's moved to a folder marked "spam." And the user can move something that does get past that gateway into the same "spam" folder.
Developed by Cloudmark, SpamNet is said to have about 400,000 users. But Silverman says the program has only one drawback: only Microsoft Outlook users can use the program. It hasn't yet been developed for other e-mail programs like Eudora or Netscape.
"I've been testing beta versions of SpamNet for several months, and I'm quite impressed," he wrote May 17. "In fact, it's good enough that it has inspired me to change e-mail clients."
