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Reviewing Anti-Spam Offerings

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the eggs-bacon-sausage-and dept.

Joel Snyder writes "Just finished looking into the innards of 40+ anti-spam products at Network World. The biggest, ugliest, and most comprehensive look at this market that's ever been done. Conclusions: lots of great products to choose from at the top (a dozen or more); a few stinkers in the bunch; and it's basically impossible to review Spam Assassin, which is unfortunate."

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  1. SpamAssassin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Why is it impossible to review Spam Assassin?

    It's such a fine product, how could any review of anti-spam products leave it out?

  2. Finally! by Richie1984 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's nice to see a well thought out, in depth analysis of the anti-spam products on offer, along with explainations as to what various tests entailed. Whilst Spybot and Ad-aware are well known, even to the non-tech crowd, there doesn't seem to be any equivalent in the spam world.

    It's just a shame that not all vendors took part so the test isn't totally comprehensive.

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