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Then say hello to Nick and his cat, 
who
live in New Zealand and have designed Mailwasher
(the cat helped I'm sure). They've cooked up the best spam filter
program we've tried (and we've tried a few --even bought a few -- but
have settled on this one), and we wanted to spread the word.
The beauty of Nick's program -- aside from the great cost (zero -- as they do have a free version, but the Pro version is very reasonable)-- is that it enables you to review and filter things at the mail server -- BEFORE it gets to your computer. We are able to filter email on Outlook, Eudora, and to any number of our different email addresses.
The other spam filter programs we tried were bears. Won't
name them, but they simply could not be easily set up to work on our home
hetwork, anti-virus & firewalls. My personal rule of thumb is that
if I have to take more than half an hour to install a program, it's not
worth it because troubleshooting will take forever!
This program however was a breeze to install -- installed and working
in under 15 minutes, checking & filtering each of my personal and
business emails, and, Nick even answered an email question after I couldn't
find one small answer in his great FAQ pages. On top of that, when you
register he sends a handy e-paper which can help you even more.
Lastly, Nick is not paying me to say this (though I'm hoping he might someday when he goes public <grin>), but given the scourge which spam has become to us all, I felt a moral obligation to share my experience with this wonderful tool for managing UCE ('unsolicited commercial email', affectionately called "spam"). We gave it a look, and are happy we did!
PS: UPDATE March, 2003: Nick has just come out with Mailwasher Pro. It is their top of the line product and derives from their work on the free mailwasher over the last 2 years. If you follow the link below, and want to try this out before deciding to buy, look at very bottom of their page for link to a free fully functional trial. For the record, I am an affiliate now for this product (the only thing of this sort which I endorse on my site as I shy away from affiliate links & banners etc on yokodana.com, not wanting to clutter the site), which means I do get paid a bit if you end up buying by way of this page, just so you know. If you don't want to use the free trial and want a copy of the old free --limited function -- version to play with before deciding, contact me. Dana
Dana Lewis, Web Site Manager, Yoko Trading
1. Our Privacy Policy, as stated on our privacy page is simple:
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NO one, but no one sees your information but us, Period. Your email, should you submit it to us as part of our opt-in service, is kept in encrypted form on a separate server -- never given out.
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WE NEVER SEND SPAM (unsolicited email) or advertising; If we ask for your email during ordering, this is just to communicate about your order.
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To be on (or off) our mail list requires subscription here.
2. What to do about spam (UCE)?
If you are as tired of this as we are, there is a way to fight back. If enough folks respond, perhaps we can stem the flood of spam, or slow it -- or at least stop the most egregious offenders.
To learn how to deal with unsolicited commercial email, UCE, (spam), please visit these sites:
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http://www.ftc.gov
(Once there, the Federal Trade Commission, click 'consumer' area; chock full of resources)
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http://www.cauce.org/
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The email address to use in order to submit (forward copies of) spam to the U.S. Government (FTC) is:
uce@ftc.gov.
3. What can you do if you have been victim of internet fraud or on-line identity theft?
Please check out a new site run by the FBI and another law enforcement agency. Submitting to this site enters your complaint into the law enforcement data bases:
Internet Fraud Complaint Center: http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp
Depending on the nature of your incident, consider reporting to any of the major Credit Bureaus ( Equifax, Experian, etc.)
4. EMAIL ROBOTS and our site:
We have removed from public view all emails imbedded in any previous posts; we also have removed the field of the form which asks for emails. To see our public discussion areas you can visit our GUESTBOOK or our JAPANOPHILE FORUM . To be contacted by others via the forum or guestbook you can contact us or, write your email in camouflaged fashion, to avoid detection by robots: (example: dana@anydomain.com would be typed as: dana_at_anydomain.com or somesuch means.)
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