Choice Mail One to Fight Spam

TECHNOLOGY

Are you tired of spam? Most people that I’ve talked to on or offline would agree that we are getting far too much spam. I am a web master and own multiple web sites so I have multiple email addresses. I often get the same spam email in all of my email addresses and this can be rather annoying. I used to spend 1/3 of my time deleting unwanted spam but not any more. With Choice Mail I can control who contacts me. When I first tried Choice Mail I wasn’t sure if it was just another spam blocker which didn’t work very well since it would entail a long drawn out process of choosing the email addresses that I didn’t want email from. If you watch the commercials you might recall the one where a user is sitting in their chair and rejecting a big long line of spam email. This is all very nice but do you have time to go through all your email if say you get 300 pieces of spam and only 3 emails that you really want? I think not. Choice Mail One cuts the chore of making sure that everyone in your address book has permission to contact you while cutting out hundreds of unwanted spam. How does it work? “The basic concept is simple. A permission-based system typically contains a whitelist of people from whom messages are always allowed and a blacklist of people from whom messages are never allowed. When an incoming message arrives, the system checks to see whether the address of the incoming message is on the whitelist (in which case the message is approved and automatically available from the user’s inbox) or on the blacklist (in which case the message is silently deleted).” “ New Features Built-in lightweight email client (ChoiceMail One / ChoiceMail Small Business) — It is now possible to send emails directly from within ChoiceMail One or the ChoiceMail Small Business Client. You can create, reply to or forward messages. You can use any of your POP3, alias or virtual email addresses as the FROM address. It's extremely convenient for those quick and dirty emails you need to send out without the bother of starting up your heavyweight email program. Virtual email addresses (ChoiceMail One only) — ChoiceMail One now supports the ability to manage more than 5 virtual email addresses. (You can now purchase additional virtual email addresses in blocks of 50 to use with ChoiceMail One) Web browser (ChoiceMail Enterprise / ChoiceMail Small Business) — Completely new web browser interface – easier and more efficient navigation. Web Browser interface (ChoiceMail Small Business/ChoiceMail Enterprise)— Ability to download attachments directly from the web browser Vanity pages (Optional in all versions) — Personalized vanity pages can now be associated with individual email addresses belonging to a user account rather than just one vanity page for the entire user account. Built-in customer affiliate system— A great new way for individual customers to spread the word about ChoiceMail and make some money too. Logging (CME)— Logging is now available in ChoiceMail Enterprise Virtual Email Accounts ChoiceMail One includes up to 5 virtual email addresses. You may find however that you wish to use separate virtual email addresses for each vendor and newsletter/mailing list from whom you receive mail so that if you begin to receive spam, you can just change one address and notify one vendor rather than having to notify lots of vendors. You can also tell which vendor or mailing list was responsible for "exposing" the email address. You can buy more virtual email addresses in paks of 50 per year. Virtual email addresses are only available to users who have purchased a retail version of ChoiceMail One. They are not available in the trial version of ChoiceMail One nor in ChoiceMail Free. You will need to create an online account and register your ChoiceMail One license before you can use virtual email addresses. To create an online account, please visit http://www.digiportal.com/accountlogin.html A virtual email address is a temporary email address you can create and give out to vendors, newsletter systems and so forth so that you don't have to release your real email address. The main purpose of virtual addresses is to ensure that email from legitimate senders of automated email (i.e., senders whom you can't realistically whitelist in advance, such as online vendors and newsletters) will get to your inbox without your having to search for them. Depending on how you create and give out your virtual addresses, you can also tell who is responsible for passing your address on to a spammer. This is a really effective method of stopping spam in its tracks. I totally recommend this software for those who do not wish to continue to deal with spam. I really like being able to check my email before I download the junk mail. Of course with Choice One the amount of junk mail I get now is very little. Choice one sits in your taskbar and blinks when new mail is ready to be downloaded. You will love this program. What have you got to lose except a lot of spam. There is even a free version but it doesn’t have all the features that you get with the full version. One last bit of information I would give is that once you install the trial program you do not click on the clock / date as this will trigger a security program within Choice One and could stop the program from working. For further information click here or visit http://www.digiportal.com/index.html To download a free 30 day trial copy click here