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Summary: Might be good, but I couldn't figure it out.
Review: McAfee Spamkiller 4.0 is so bad I am sorry I spent [the money] on it.1. Very difficult to use.
2. Rescue option is dumb. They should just leave the email on the server then delete it when you confirm it is spam. This would save me from having to "rescue" (re-email myself) the message.
3. The exit option is greyed out and I can't find an "option" for load a bootup so I am going to have to uninstall it to make it not load.
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Summary: Inconvenient
Review: Not happy with this product. Works as a stand alone software. Does not reside within your email software. So you have to go into SpamKiller first, view your messages and then go to your email software and get your mail.
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Summary: complete garbage
Review: problems:
1) only checks the inbox for hotmail accounts. (mail in the junk folders and bulk mail folders still show up in outlook express)
2) doesn't support ssl (check to see if your email requires)
3) doesn't support imap.
4) poor interface. there are a ton of free spam programs out there stick with one of those.
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Summary: Pretty good
Review: Spamkiller 4 does a pretty good job of catching spam. It's easy to rescue a message if it's accidentally put in the Killed folder, and it's easy to create a new filter if a spam isn't caught so you don't get it again. There's a handy icon in the system tray that shows when there's new email. This is a stand-alone program. If you are thinking about getting SpamKiller 5 or Norton AntiSpam (which integrate with your email program) be sure to read the reviews first!
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Summary: Note: Spamkiller 4 & Spamkiller 5 are different
Review: Spamkiller 4 works well. Spamkiller 5 is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT program and does not work well. Some reviews here are of Spamkiller 5.
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Summary: Don't waste time or money if you have a single-line dialup
Review: SpamKiller absolutely prevents my dialup connection from signing itself off, which makes it worthless to me since I have only one phone line. (This problem is not related to the "stay connected" option in SpamKiller.) I can hand-delete a day's spam probably thirty times as fast as this software, since it can't be allowed to start unattended. It can't be allowed to run at all unless I sign off the internet connection when it is through, and exit SpamKiller. McAfee's "online chat" tech support is, appallingly (though I suppose I was naive to expect better) some sort of sham wherein one gets told by a "tech" that he or she doesn't have the "tools" to assist and re-referred either, astonishingly, to the very same chat site again or else to an e-mail address that will also decline to assist. This truly reflects poorly on McAfee and any of their other products. Do not waste your money or more importantly your time on this sort of childish "business" practice.
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Summary: A practically useless software
Review: Spamkiller downloaded all my e-mails from the mail server and checked the title and text of the messages for spams. This frequent process took up lot of time and it caught less than 1 percent of the spams. The update center was really annoying. I didn't pay much for the software, but it wasted my time and system time. The software was deinstalled after two weeks. I ended up using a free software 'mailwasher'. Mailwasher didn't catch most of the spams either, but it only downloaded the titles. I checked which are spams, which I need to read. The program deleted the spams on the mail server directly. The solution is not prefect but it helps. McAfee Spamkiller did nothing execept wasting time and resouces.
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Summary: The Invasive, Uninvited Security Center
Review: SpamKiller installs the McAfee Security Center without user permission. It is nothing more than an intrusive marketing scheme by McAfee that tells the user which McAfee products are installed. It necessitated a reboot several times when it "hung" my computer. It cannot be uninstalled unless ALL McAfee products are also uninstalled. It is an excellent reason to avoid the purchase of this product and ANY McAfee product unless McAfee changes its aggressive marketing strategy. There is too much excellent competition to accept nonsense of this type.
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Summary: No Support--Sort of Works--I would avoid.
Review: Support is just awful. After installation, my Outlook, on a network, Win XP, fractional share of T-1 line, would state that it had lost connection and I would have to exit Outlook, then re-start Outlook and it would be fine for a while. I could get virtually no help on support either within or after the 30 day return period. System works fine now that I took SK off. Product sort of works with a lot of fooling around. Screened (i.e., "killed") some mail even after I marked that sender "friend." Let stuff through that it should not have, but that is a lesser problem. Documentation is [bad]. If it works perfectly for you right off the bat, maybe it is great for you. If you want to try it and it does not, I would strip it off immediately and get a refund. McAfee "security center" is an annoyance, too. I bought the product to avoid spam. McAfee itself insists on delivering the equivalent. Based on this experience I would avoid McAfee.
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Summary: Doesn't work
Review: The bottom line is that this program does not work. Oh, to be sure it has lots of great filters and if it actually applied these filters to your email in a timely manner it could be a good program. HOWEVER, it crawls along like a snail. The fact that it does not integrate with your normal email program is a real pain. Install it and now you have two email programs to manage. What was really amusing is that it installed the McAfee Security Center (without my permission--which was not the amusing part) but then the Security Center looked for McAfee online subscription programs and told me I was not protected. I only happen to be running McAfee virus, firewall and privacy protection. This program is most certainly not on par with McAfee's other offerings. I could in no way recommend this program to anyone. Further, I'm really disappointed with the well-respected magazines that have their logos plastered all over the box. If this is the best of category, then this is a category of programs not even worth considering.
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