Babastik Releases AntiSpam Personal

November 2003 - Babastik, a communications software development company, today announced the availability of AntiSpam Personal, a no-nonsense, easy-to-install, desktop application that stops spam before it reaches your inbox. Spam greatly reduces productivity and can introduce harmful viruses to your computer. Unfortunately, many anti-spam “solutions” inadvertently add to the problem by requiring that the user to spend time managing filters or manually identifying spam. AntiSpam Personal stops Spam right out of the box- no learning required- so set up is quick and easy. “Word filters simply do not prevent spam,” said Brian Adams, Babastik founder. “Anti-spam software that involves an extensive rules-based set-up and relies on human interaction to “teach” and maintain the program, doesn’t buy the user any increased productivity, and spammers now check against denied words. It has become more problematic to deal with certain anti-spam software programs than to simply delete the emails in the first place. AntiSpam Personal addresses this problem in the most unobtrusive way possible, without compromising any of its effectiveness.”

How does it work?
AntiSpam Personal only allows email into your inbox from familiar email addresses. The system identifies email from an unfamiliar email addresses and quarantines it until AntiSpam Personal can confirm its legitimacy. Your list of familiar senders, also known as a “white list,” is automatically refreshed by tracking outgoing email, scanning local address books and tracking emails verified as legitimate.

Identifying Unfamiliar Senders:
AntiSpam Personal quarantines emails from unfamiliar senders until verified. Since 90% of spam is sent from bogus or unmonitored email addresses, many quarantined emails will never be verified and will automatically be deleted from your email server by AntiSpam Personal. At any point, you can list and view your messages being held by AntiSpam and send them to your inbox, or you can let Anti-Spam do all the work and let it complete its verification process.

Simple Address Verification:
AntiSpam Personal makes it easy for the sender to respond to your query and eliminates the unnecessary Q & A tactics employed by other programs. The sender simply pushes “reply” to the challenge email and their email address is automatically added to your white list. You have total control of your white list and can simply check off a box to delete any address that you want removed.

Additional Features:

• One button installation and AntiSpam Personal automatically retrieves email server settings for Outlook and Outlook Express users
• List server/Automated email aware.
• Maintains log of all processed messages for immediate status reports
• Tracks local and global statistics of all spam intercepted and eliminated by registered AntiSpam users.
• Emails processed on your local computer. Information about emails and addresses never leave your computer.
• Automatically uses the latest industry standard encryption when exchanging information with your email server, regardless of whether or not it was installed on your email client
• Releases automatic updates so you never have to download the latest version.
• Personalized, outgoing challenge message to your recipients
• Automatically adds contacts from Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows address book to your white list

Protect your email from hackers!
AntiSpam Personal secures your email by automatically detecting and utilizing the strongest encryption available from your email server to protect you and your privacy. This enhanced security feature protects your email and privacy from the growing number of hackers who intercept communication on a shared network.

Pricing and Availability

• AntiSpam Personal is available for download at http://www.antispampersonal.com
• Pricing for AntiSpam Personal is $29.95 for a license that protects three separate email accounts.
• AntiSpam Personal is currently available for users of Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, NT or XP and works with any POP3 mail client.
• A FREE 14 DAY TRIAL is available at http://www.babastik.com/downloads/01123CurrentAntiSpamPersonal.html

SOURCE Babastik