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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: September 08, 2005
- Total Downloads: 167,882
- Downloads last week: 17
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 164 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Using a challenge/response system, this program effectively blocks spam from your e-mail account and offers extras, which makes it a great option among the many spam blockers available. ChoiceMail blocks spam by sending a reply e-mail to any new senders, asking them to verify their identities. Because spammers won't go through this process, ChoiceMail won't forward any spam to you. The program builds whitelists and blacklists out of identity confirmations and lets you customize those lists. Some of your correspondents may not like the extra step of confirming their identities, but they will only have to do it once. In addition to these strict guidelines, you can create keywords that ChoiceMail will look for before sending e-mail on to you. ChoiceMail also comes with an extensive set of rules for blocking e-mail, such as common keywords and other obvious spam traits (such as using certain types of HTML). We particularly like being able to pick and choose the rules we want to apply because it lets us set a precise level of protection. ChoiceMail cannot be used by Outlook users who are on Microsoft Exchange Server unless it supports POP3 accounts. In spite of that, ChoiceMail does a great job of blocking unwanted spam, although you will have to get your correspondents to take an extra step before they can e-mail you.
Publisher's description
From DigiPortal Software :Stop spam dead in its tracks and get your privacy back. You get fully featured, permission-based e-mail protection with a whitelist, a blacklist, secure challenge/response functionality, and support for newsletters and mailing lists. The program works with any e-mail program. Watch the spam bounce off, while the messages you want come right through. This version protects one POP3 account and tags outgoing messages to indicate you use ChoiceMail Free.
Version 3.1 improves performance and enhances security.
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User reviews of ChoiceMail Free 3.1
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 164 votes
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: ChoiceMail Free 3.1
Pros: good
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: ChoiceMail Free 3.1
"Messes up email settings, removes mail from server"
Pros: At first I was extremely enthused. The paid version is totally configurable to user's wishes, works as it should.
Cons: Can't understand high rating of this software, because after a couple of days I discovered that Choicemal removes all the emails from the server when it downloads them. If you do that anyway, fine. But for some, like me, it is essential to leave emails on server for a designated time so they may be accessed by others or from different computers.
I disabled Choicemail while waiting for a response from their Support team about that issue, and that's when I discovered it also changes all email account settings so that I was unable to get any email until I went in and reconfigured all my emails accounts to their original settings. No Thanks!
I think people post enthused ratings prematurely, before they have used a program long enough to discover all its weaknesses.
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: ChoiceMail Free 3.1
"Excellent Product! I highly recommend!! No more spam!!!"
Pros: You have to download this product! I installed the free version last night. It works flawlessly. No spam will ever get through again! My address book does not change much (friends and family) so this is the perfect product! The reviews that said there was ads and spyware must have already had them on their computer. I will most likley purchase the $40 procuct I like this product so well.
Cons: You cannot import your address book from Outlook Express without purchasing the $40 version. Not a big problem for me.. I manually imported about 50 names in 20 mins.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: ChoiceMail Free 3.1
Pros: Not to spam your mail box, use it. It will filter your mails before download them.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: ChoiceMail Free 3.1
"The program is so good that it only took me a day or two to decide to buy it!!"
Pros: I think I like it's overall mail handling as much or more than the spam filtering. For PDA users, it's a Godsend as it brings one's Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, GMail etc all into the e-mail's inbox, thus making it sync with your pocket PC. The setup was a breeze AND it makes the importing of the various webmail accounts a cinch. For testing purposes, I've set it up with Outlook, Outlook Express, Incredimail and Thunderbird all of which worked flawlessly. I cannot more highly recommend any product and I'd buy at twice the price.
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