Spam has been around almost ever since we’ve had email addresses. To avoid those unneeded mortgage advantages you receive everyday in myriads, there are several counter-measures. If you use Webbased e-mail, chances are some filters are already protecting you. But those using the ISP’s POP3 and SMTP services are at the mercy of spam. It always helps to use a collection of filters for guarding your inbox, and free software is around the block once again.
Spamato
The punchline “Spam will have been” prepares the stage for the show. A haven for Java folks, it is an extension for most popular email clients such as Thunderbird, MS Outlook, and Mozilla Mail, and is also available as a stand-alone proxy component. It comes packed with six default filters contrary to the one or two used in many others. So instead of electing individual winners, let’s see what it takes to get Spamato running. Start with www.spamato. net and look up the Downloads and Installation section.
Installation and setting up
From the many options, Mozilla Thunderbird qualifies as one of the most appreciated open source e-mail clients. The prerequisites for Spamato are the Java Runtime Environment (JRE 1.5) i.e. J2SE 5.0, downloadable from www.java.com /en/download/ windows_ie.jsp, and the Thunderbird e-mail client. For MS Outlook (except Outlook 2000, which is not supported), you will also need the .NET Framework (> 1.1) which you can get from the Microsoft Web site (no validation required for Ver. 1.1, only the 22 MB effort!). For Macs and other email clients, Spamatoxy is available.
JRE 1.5 is indispensable for running Spamato, and so is setting up the appropriate environment variables to point to your JRE directory. If you have any previous versions, uninstall them first. To set the environment variables, go to Start > Control Panel > Performance & Maintenance > System > Advanced > Environment Variables tab. Now, in User Variables, Add/Edit and set the variables as follows:
1. Name: CLASSPATH; Value: ‘.’
2. Name: PATH; value: e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06
3. Name: JAVA_HOME; value:
We have just looked at an important procedure that still eludes many users who usually seek answers at the tool’s forums . The downloaded file for Thunderbird would be in the .xpi format (TB Extension). To install, go to Tools >Extensions > Install button. Now navigate to the directory where the extension is stored and click Open. Next, hit Install after the usual few seconds wait, on the next window. Restart Thunderbird.
Moving Around
There is no default toolbar for Thunderbird, but you can use Spamato’s buttons by following View > Toolbars > Customize and then dragging the buttons to the toolbar. You can now proceed to check for Spam or to open the configuration menu.
Spamato
The punchline “Spam will have been” prepares the stage for the show. A haven for Java folks, it is an extension for most popular email clients such as Thunderbird, MS Outlook, and Mozilla Mail, and is also available as a stand-alone proxy component. It comes packed with six default filters contrary to the one or two used in many others. So instead of electing individual winners, let’s see what it takes to get Spamato running. Start with www.spamato. net and look up the Downloads and Installation section.
Installation and setting up
From the many options, Mozilla Thunderbird qualifies as one of the most appreciated open source e-mail clients. The prerequisites for Spamato are the Java Runtime Environment (JRE 1.5) i.e. J2SE 5.0, downloadable from www.java.com /en/download/ windows_ie.jsp, and the Thunderbird e-mail client. For MS Outlook (except Outlook 2000, which is not supported), you will also need the .NET Framework (> 1.1) which you can get from the Microsoft Web site (no validation required for Ver. 1.1, only the 22 MB effort!). For Macs and other email clients, Spamatoxy is available.
JRE 1.5 is indispensable for running Spamato, and so is setting up the appropriate environment variables to point to your JRE directory. If you have any previous versions, uninstall them first. To set the environment variables, go to Start > Control Panel > Performance & Maintenance > System > Advanced > Environment Variables tab. Now, in User Variables, Add/Edit and set the variables as follows:
1. Name: CLASSPATH; Value: ‘.’
2. Name: PATH; value:
3. Name: JAVA_HOME; value:
We have just looked at an important procedure that still eludes many users who usually seek answers at the tool’s forums . The downloaded file for Thunderbird would be in the .xpi format (TB Extension). To install, go to Tools >Extensions > Install button. Now navigate to the directory where the extension is stored and click Open. Next, hit Install after the usual few seconds wait, on the next window. Restart Thunderbird.
Moving Around
There is no default toolbar for Thunderbird, but you can use Spamato’s buttons by following View > Toolbars > Customize and then dragging the buttons to the toolbar. You can now proceed to check for Spam or to open the configuration menu.