Saturday, April 5, 2008

Best of both worlds when it comes to SPAM

Do you spend way too much time deleting unwanted junk mail from your inbox or do you sometimes miss important emails and never receive that confirmation email you are waiting for after signing up for a service on the web somewhere? 

Problem is you can't have it both ways. Either you have junk mail getting through that shouldn't or mails that should don't.  Well that has all changed with spamarrest

The principle is really quite simple. Watch the animated demo below  and you will see what I mean.


Stop Spam In Just A Few Minutes 
When you visit Spam Arrest and sign up for their service, you will be given your own @spamarrest.com email address. In order to protect the inboxes of any of your existing email accounts you can do one of the following two things. You can simply forward mail  to those accounts to your Spam Arrest email address. Or you can arrange to have Spam Arrest periodically poll those accounts. 

All of your valid non-spam-tagged email will be placed into your Spam Arrest inbox. You can then access those messages using either the POP3 or IMAP methods which are available in your email program (e.g. Outlook or Eudora). Alternatively, you can use your web browser and read your mail by logging into the Spam Arrest webmail system.

Configure Your Pre-Approved Spam Arrest Senders 
With Spam Arrest You'll find that you can easily pre-configure your account to allow certain known users to send mail to you. That way, they are never challenged

You can do this by authorising specific email addresses, domains, and even entire mailing lists. This can either be done manually, or you can elect to use Spam Arrest's easy-to-use import tools. 

Spam Arrest also provides you with convenient disposable email sub-addresses. These will allow you to accept messages from unknown senders and automated systems without at the same time exposing your real email address. 

Eliminate Spam By Human Verification 
Spam Arrest works because it uses Challenge/Response technology to block the spam. Emails sent from unrecognised sources will automatically be sent a response message that requests a human verify the source of the message. 

Spammers cannot get around this one very critical step. When the, as yet unknown, sender clicks on the link contained in the Spam Arrest request email, they will be taken to a web page where they are "challenged" to type in a word that is hidden within either a graphic or an audio file (in case the user should be visually-impaired). Once the sender has successfully completed their "response", their email message is forwarded to your inbox, and they are then added to your authorized sender list so that you can received their future messages.

The challenge/response process is very easy for people to deal with, but impossible for automated systems to deal with. Spambots cannot circumvent this technology.

Full Access To Unapproved Email Messages

Any emails that are sent from unauthorized senders will be held in your  Spam Arrest "unverified" folder for 7 days.

You can access these "zombied" emails when you need to by logging into the Spam Arrest website. You can then manually approve any senders from whom you wish to receive further email.

If you are still not sure whether Spam Arrest is right for you, you can try it absolutely free for 30-days. Subscription cost is just a few pounds per month for spam free sanity. And if you are unsatisfied, you can simply cancel your subscription at any time.

Start your free Spam Arrest trial today

1 Comments:

Anonymous Caroline said...

Well said.

October 29, 2008 12:52 AM  

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