Personal Antispam X5 works in conjunction with Apple Mail and Microsoft Entourage to filter spam so users can keep their inboxes spam-free. It is the first intelligent program for fighting spam and phishing e-mails. Intego Personal Antispam X5 learns from the e-mail users receive, and regular monthly updates to the program help keep their inbox as spam-free as possible. The program filters spam and phishing e-mails, protecting users from spam glut and scams. Features include:
Filters e-mail
and weeds out spam, placing it in a Spam folder
Filters spam with
What's New
Version 10.5.7: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
I don't quite understand why v10.5.7 has come floating to the top at this time when I for one have already been using 10.6.x for some considerable time. Surely, this version isn't in development anymore now that Intego have their, ehrm, you-beaut Internet Security Barrier X6 product on the market?
As a matter of fact, the installer which I downloaded just out of interest from the link at the top of this page renders v10.5.1. Time to do some manual modding, MacUpdate.
My previous review I still stand by, but X5 gets ZERO stars. I think paying $34.95 fee to upgrade for a $49.95 full is out right ridiculous. X4 does not work with Office 2008 so I PA is now gone from my Mac.
This product is far to expensive and brings almost nothing new to Mail...
Use the cheaper Purify in stead!
You will get rid of all your spam and also report abuse (spam) in one click, this feature brought down my spam level from over 70 a day to less than two a day...
It's unbelievable but true !
I've been using Antispam for a few months now and overall have been quite happy with it. Certain emails it still considers spam even tho i've said they are not and of course vice versa, but it is such a low number and easy to fix that it i don't mind. The NetUpdate part that came with Antispam is a piece of junk. It keeps telling me that the same update is available, but has to reboot my Mac first then it supposedly installs the update and must reboot again. If i want i can do this all day/week/year ... not cool/funny. Now SpamSieve gave me some problems a couple years back and i made the mistake of stating that on VT so the developer criticized me on their website ... Not cool! I have been working in corp IT dev for over 20yrs and the first thing you learn is that criticism is to be expected and to your benefit ... we are not gods.
I run a gaggle of Macs. This appl' seems to be most at home on my MacBook. It works very well but it does require a reading of the manual. It has outperformed all of the competition but for SpamSeive2.4.4 with which it runs a virtual tie.
[Version 10.4.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 02 Sep 2005
Not only is this piece of crap worse than Apple's Mail Junk filter, it takes (at least for me) 2 hours to remove it. It drops files all over your system. After running it for 3 weeks, this thing allowed junk mail in that itself caught in the first few days. It is crap. Avoid it!
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Personal Antispam X5 works in conjunction with Apple Mail and Microsoft Entourage to filter spam so users can keep their inboxes spam-free. It is the first intelligent program for fighting spam and phishing e-mails. Intego Personal Antispam X5 learns from the e-mail users receive, and regular monthly updates to the program help keep their inbox as spam-free as possible. The program filters spam and phishing e-mails, protecting users from spam glut and scams. Features include:
Filters e-mail
and weeds out spam, placing it in a Spam folder
Filters spam with
Bayesian analysis
Filters spam by
address, message content, layout and more
Filters spam with
a whitelist of users' contacts
Filters spam by
developing a blacklist of spammers' addresses
Filters spam by
top-level domain; users can exclude specific domains, such as .ru,
.cn, .biz and more
Filters messages
with incorrect encoding and identifiers
Filters phishing
e-mails
Filters attachments
for common file names
Trusts contacts
in user's Address Book
Trusts ISP's
spam headers
Learns from the
spam users receive
Learns from legitimate
e-mails
Does not slow down
e-mail programs
Regular updates
help fight spam as new types appear
+284
As a matter of fact, the installer which I downloaded just out of interest from the link at the top of this page renders v10.5.1. Time to do some manual modding, MacUpdate.
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+10
jan13 reviewed on 07 Oct 2008
+91
+1
+32
+3
+14
Coolapic reviewed on 16 Jan 2008
Use the cheaper Purify in stead!
You will get rid of all your spam and also report abuse (spam) in one click, this feature brought down my spam level from over 70 a day to less than two a day...
It's unbelievable but true !
+3
+32
tankknight reviewed on 28 Dec 2007
-10
+1
+71
However, it continues to be the gold standard of Spam Killers for me.
+1
+71
FLASH1296 reviewed on 10 Oct 2006
While there are some other good appl's, this is the premier spam filter.
I receive an average of 125 pieces of email daily and I have tried EVERY Spam Filter extant.
Manual is excellent and user-friendliness is obvious.
+1
+71
FLASH1296 reviewed on 28 Jul 2006
Anonymous reviewed on 02 Sep 2005
+1
Cilalu rated on 17 Aug 2011