HSC Released Much Improved Sp@mX v3.1.1 Client and v2.3.5 Server for Mac OS X
Here are the details of some of the main version enhancements:
- Added support for finding/reporting embedded URLs in the body of an email message. This should be an invaluable tool against 'phishing' (spammers attempting to gain access to your credit card information and/or pins), in addition to making the reporting more comprehensive and effective.
- This version of Sp@mX uses a new processing algorithm to do it's spam lookups. It should be FAR more inclusive, reporting ALL of the resources (including relays) used to deliver a spam email.
- This version includes automated support for Macintosh Apple Mail, and Macintosh Eudora. Apple Mail and Eudora users will use the same method to 'save' their email to a single file in their Sp@mX folder. Start Sp@mX, this single file will be listed. Click 'All', or 'Selected', and Sp@mX will automatically parse the single file produced into separate files, and process them. Please remember to update your Sp@mX email client settings to take advantage of this feature. Support for other Macintosh Email clients will be developed as requested.
- This version has a configurable SMTP port (the default is port 25).
- This version has a configuration setting to automatically delete files after processing them.
- Added support for Wide Character (Unicode) email messages. If Sp@mX does not detect any IP addresses in the message, it will automatically try to convert the message from Unicode to ANSI text and reattempt parsing the message. I think this will increase the number of spam emails processed for Macintosh users that regularly receive emails in Wide Character format.
- The user inteface has been simplified.
- The Macintosh version has a cool icon.
- The memory request has been bumped up in the Macintosh version to improve functionality on Mac OS 9, and OS 8.
Sp@mX v3.1.1 is somewhat slower than previous versions. The developer, Jeff Hendrickson, explains:
"This version does a very thorough job checking each email before submitting each abuse complaint, and the complaints are much more comprehensive. That's why it appears to process each message more slowly. The relay reporting is back in (after each relay is thoroughly checked), and it also will trace and report spamvertized domains in the email body, and give the user an anti-phishing capability. I'm sure this combination will make Sp@mX even more effective."
We are using Sp@mX to get rid of 600+ spam messages per day. See our review and usage reports at weeks 1, 2 and 3. [Bill Fox]
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