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Powerful Intelligent Anti-Spam
Filtering Engine
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Friends/Enemies
List |
Spam Blackout allows you to enter your friends' email
addresses so that emails from them are allowed through.
Spam Blackout allows you to enter
enemy email addresses so that emails from them are
prohibited.
You can also enter Relay Server IP Addresses and
Sender Station IP addresses and designate them as a
friend or enemy.
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Spammers List i.e.
Internet Blacklist (ORDB) |
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Spam Blackout automatically checks the
dynamic
Internet Blacklist databases (ORDB - Open Relay Databases)
for the IP Addresses of known Spammers
and prohibits contact with them. Spam Blackout queries
the Blacklist databases in real-time. |
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Tracker Killer (HTML Emails) |
White Text
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with White Text.
Spammers put White text into HTML emails to confuse the
Bayesian Analysis engine. The spammer colours the text white so
that it will look white on a white background.
Invalid Tags
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with Invalid Tags.
Tags like <> with text inside are treated as
Spam. HTML emails should not contain <> tags.
Phishing
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with Phishing.
Spammers can send emails displaying e.g. www.paypal.com,
asking you to verify your bank account details.
Yet when you click on the link www.paypal.com, it may bring
you to e.g. http://65.42.23.45@123.456/gotya.htm
Spam Blackout scans the message for unusual occurrences of e.g.
numbers and @ signs in website addresses and treats them as
Spam.
Emails asking you to verify account information are
suspicious. Your Bank etc. will write to you for such
verification, not email you.
External Image Links
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with External Images Links.
Spammers can send emails with an external image link,
this link may contain a code which can verify if you have
clicked on this email. By clicking on the email you send them
verification that your email address is valid and they will keep
sending you more Spam.
<IFRAME>
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with <IFRAME>.
IFRAME are Internal frames in a HTML page that create
annoying Pop-ups on your screen and set in place hidden
tracking devices.
HTML Comments
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with HTML Comments.
Spammers use HTML comments to hide random words to
confuse the Bayesian Analysis engine. Non-Spam emails don't
usually contain comments.
Scripts
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with Scripts.
Spammers embed scripts into HTML emails. Non-Spam
emails don't usually contain scripts. Scripts can call
pop-ups, Spyware, tracking devices etc.
Random Characters after HTML attributes
Spam Blackout gives you the option to SCAN & PROHIBIT HTML
emails with Random Characters after HTML attributes.
Spammers place random characters after the HTML to
confuse the Bayesian Analysis Engine.
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Regular Spam Expressions
Filter |
Spam Blackout allows you to enter
regularly used Spam words and
mark them as Spam. Emails with these words will be
prohibited.
It scans the Email Header, Email Body, From, Subject or entire
Email for these regularly used Spam words. |
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Bayesian Analysis Spam
Filter |
| Spam
Blackout calculates the probability of a message being spam
based on its contents. It learns to differentiate Spam mail from
non-Spam mail by analysing each email message. |
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Country Blocker |
| Spam
Blackout allows you to ban email receipt from any country you
want. |
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Other:
Option to
Strip All HTML from
Emails
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Spam Blackout
gives you the option strip All HTML from Emails. Hackers/Virus writers can embed code to trigger
commands in HTML mail. This will protect you from any known attacks on
HTML emails in one go.
Note: The normal email text will get through but any
HTML will be stripped from it. |
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Other:
Option to Strip All Email Attachments
from Emails |
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gives you the option to prohibit receipt of all Email Attachments in one go. |
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Other: Option to Strip All Dangerous HTML
from Emails |
Spam Blackout
gives you the option of removing dangerous sections of HTML from
Emails e.g. External Image Links, Scripts, <IFRAME>,
HTML comments & random characters after HTML attributes, emails
with white text, invalid tags, etc. in one go.
Note: The normal email text will get through but any
Dangerous HTML will be stripped from it. |
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Other:
Email Attachments Spam
Filter |
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specify whether particular attachments should be Deleted, Quarantined
and/or Compressed. It comes with a built-in list
of attachments. This will protect you from any known attacks on MIME emails used by viruses
in order to spread themselves. |
| Note: Filters can be
enabled/disabled and their execution order can be changed.
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Hotmail,
POP3 & IMAP |
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Spam Blackout will scan emails downloaded from Hotmail,
POP3 and IMAP. |
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Spam is
dealt with Securely |
Spam Blackout places Spam
securely in it's Spam Queue. While they remain in the Spam
queue, they are held in encrypted form in the database.
If a
legitimate email is classified as Spam, you can simply move it to
the Non-Spam Folder, so that it is received into your Inbox.
Spam Blackout places Emails containing Viruses
into Quarantine. |
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View Emails |
Spam Blackout allows you to securely view
the headers and raw message of all Emails.
If a
legitimate email is classified as Spam, you can simply move it to
the Non-Spam Folder, so that it is received into your Inbox.
Important: Spam Blackout's email viewer is Virus
Proof. |
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Synchronise Clocks
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| Spam Blackout gives you the option to
synchronise your Local PC Clock Date and Time with that of an
External Day/Time Server, so your email dates and
times are always accurate. |
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Check External
Server |
| Spam Blackout lets you decide how often
you want to check the External Server for Emails. The default
is 10 minutes. |
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Multiple Email Accounts |
| Spam Blackout can scan emails from an
unlimited number of email accounts. |
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Spam Plugin
Architecture |
| The Spam Blackout Spam Filtering engine has a Plug-in architecture, allowing you to
add
new
Spam Filters. Filters can be enabled/disabled and their
execution order can be changed. |
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Platforms &
Multi-User Capability |
Runs on 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.
Spam Blackout runs as Stand Alone or Multi-User. |
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Support |
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Unlimited Support and 'Peace of Mind'. |
