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SpamSit for Windows

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SpamSit offers a unique approach to spam management, enabling users to actively protest unwanted emails by disrupting spammer operations through cyber sit-ins and automated responses.
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SpamSit 0/1

  • Pros

    • Protests spam by disrupting spammer websites and email servers.
    • Gathers spam from IMAP hosts and email clients.
    • Extracts URLs and traces them to final web hosts.
    • Performs optional domain block list look-ups.
    • Remembers user protest selections for efficiency.

  • Cons

    • Does not function as a traditional spam filter.
    • Protest method may be perceived as disruptive.
    • Effectiveness relies on collective user participation.
    • Random email responses might not be distinguishable from legitimate ones.
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
2.2.3
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
226
Downloads Last Week
14
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Developer’s Description

By Kykas Corporation
Organize and process the spam you receive with the information and tools you need to protest spam.
SpamSit is the occupy spam protest tool. You may choose to protest with a cyber sit-in at the websites that are advertised through spam. You may also choose to protest scam spam by responding with randomly generated email. Unlike a spam filter, SpamSit is unique in providing you the information and tools you need to protest the spam you receive. Your protest along with the protest of thousands can disrupt the spammer economy and end spam. SpamSit will gather the spam you receive from your IMAP hosts such as Gmail, Yahoo and AOL. SpamSit can also gather spam from your email clients such as Thunderbird, Windows Mail and Outlook. When you run a new batch SpamSit will load the spam from your sources into a database and extract all URL's from the spam you receive and then trace the URL to the final web host. Optionally, the program will then perform a domain block list look-up on all the domains found. You will then be presented with a list of domain from which to select the web hosts you wish to protest. Your selections will be remembered so you only need to select once.

The protest itself is a simple sit-in in which you connect with the host and hold the connection for a random amount of time. Because web hosts can only provide a limited number of simultaneous connections, if enough people receive spam for that host, and protest, no other connections can get through. The occupy spam protest focuses on the web hosts the spammers depend on for their income. If you interrupt the spammer economy, spam stops. The program also generates a list of possible scam emails. These are the ones offering you outrageous sums of money for whatever reason. If you chose to protest this spam you can send a randomly generated email response. If the scammers receive too many protest emails they may not be able to find the responses from the suckers that might pay them.

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