Freeware email washer

This e-mail application aims to stop spam by letting you bounce e-mails from your POP3 server before you download them, fooling spammers into thinking your address isn't valid. You can add bounced senders to a personal blacklist that will bounce all future attempts automatically. If the spammer uses a program that purges bounced addresses, over time this should get your address off the list. Hotmail access is available only in the Pro edition of MailWasher, as is protection of multiple accounts.

MailWasher Free works best for people with a single POP3 account, or as an extended demo for those who are considering buying the Pro version. Full Specifications. What's new in version 7. Version 7. Release June 10, Date Added June 10, Operating Systems. Additional Requirements None. Total Downloads 1,, Downloads Last Week Report Software. Your email account settings and contacts lists are imported in to MailWasher so you can get started right away.

Which email programs does MailWasher work with? How does MailWasher work? MailWasher logs in to your email accounts at your internet provider and downloads a copy of the email allowing you to read all your email on the server. Your email actually stays on the server at your internet provider, but MailWasher lets you inspect and interact with your email.

MailWasher uses its built in spam tools to best determine what is spam and what is good email. You can easily mark email for deletion, report spam to authorities, bounce spam back to senders and train MailWasher to better recognize spam and good email. How can I train MailWasher? After doing this to about emails, MailWasher will do it all for you from then on. Where can I learn about the latest features included in MailWasher? What happens if I accidently delete an email?

You can rescue it from the recycle bin. What languages has MailWasher been translated to? Help translate MailWasher. Where can I learn more about MailWasher? How many computers can I use MailWasher on? Each license allows you to use MailWasher on 3 of your computers.

How much does MailWasher cost? You can try MailWasher fully featured for free for 30 days. You also get a 90 day no questions asked money back guarantee. What are the minimum requirements to run MailWasher Pro? NET 4. Check out the Support Page , or send our friendly support team an email with your question.

Mark and delete multiple emails at once To mark many messages for deletion, click on a message and then while holding down the SHIFT key for groups of emails or CTRL for individual emails click another email. This will select more than one email at a time. Right click in the message table and select 'Mark for deletion' or press the letter 'D' on the keyboard, or click the delete check box at the top of the delete column.

How to auto-delete unwanted email Sometimes you just don't want to hear from some people again, spammers or otherwise. Each spam tool in MailWasher has the ability to auto-delete email.

Settings » Spam Tools. There's four ways to achieve this, the first being the easiest. For example, in the Blacklist, go to the Options tab and select 'Auto delete blacklisted emails'. This will automatically delete any email if the sender is on your blacklist. This option also exists for other spam tools such as FirstAlert and Origin of Spam. When this score is exceeded, and you have turned on auto delete Settings » Spam Tools » Spam Ratings , the email will be deleted automatically. See Advanced Features for more information about writing filters.

If you do find you're losing legitimate email, you can always search in the recycle bin and rescue it. Train MailWasher to recognize spam This should really go at the top because it's important! Spending a little time training MailWasher as you use it will reap big benefits in how it recognizes spam and good email.

It's really easy. In the 'Classify' column, just mark each email you get as thumbs up good or thumbs down spam , or click each again to make it neutral. After doing this a few times MailWasher will very accurately identify your incoming email so you don't have to.

Accidentally deleted a good email? Click on the Recycle Bin tab and locate the email you want to retrieve, if you know the sender or subject, simply start typing it into the search box and the email should quickly display. It can notify you when new mail arrives and automatically mark suspicious messages, so you can preview and delete them. There are 3 levels of spam detection and you can specify your own filters. MailWasher also offers the option to exclude your friends from spam checking and check mail against public blacklists SpamCop.

The program also includes a Bayesian engine that can learn from your decisions and improve the automatic spam detection over time. The free version is limited to one email address and includes a nag ad to encourage upgrading to the Pro version.

Copyright Snapfiles. FYI: This program displays advertisements inside the interface. This clever type of spam filtering learns which of your email is spam and which is not very quickly and accurately. If you accidentally delete an email, you can restore it back to your email account Pro version only. Check mail at different intervals. Play a sound when an email arrives, or be notified visually.

Email log. Comprehensive help documentation on this site. This program is so simple to use, just leave it going and process your mail when you want to. There is no spy-ware contained in this program, we do not monitor your actions or email.

When you register this program, we will not give your email address or personal details to anyone. Using MailWasher is easy!