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Review by FileBEAST's Nameless_1:

SpamBayes is beyond doubt one of the most comprehensive spam filtering tools available, and allows for the effective filtering and classification of all messages into certain categories, either "good", "spam" or "unsure", with ease. The beauty of SpamBayes lies in the intelligent approach the tool adopts when filtering, allowing it to effectively be taught which messages are spam and which are not. After installation, you can run the training wizard, which trains the application to detect spam based on the current content of your inbox. You can also make settings adjustments and update the list of messages to block at anytime, meaning the longer you use SpamBayes for, the more adept at spam filtering it becomes, molding to your personal preferences and requirements over time. Being both easy to use and highly functional, SpamBayes offers virtually a 100% success rate when it comes to spam detection, making it one of the leading freeware spam filtering tools available.

Publishers Description

SpamBayes is a tool used to segregate unwanted mail (spam) from the mail you want (ham). Before SpamBayes can be your spam filter of choice you need to train it on representative samples of email you receive. After it's been trained, you use SpamBayes to classify new mail according to its spamminess and hamminess qualities. It's best to train on recent email, because your interests and the nature of what spam looks like change over time.

When SpamBayes filters your email, it compares each unclassified message against the information it saved from training and makes a decision about whether it thinks the message qualifies as ham or spam, or if it's unsure about how to classify the message. It then adds its classification to the message, either by adding a header (X-Spambayes-Classification: spam|ham|unsure), modifying the To: or Subject: headers, or adding a "Spam" field to the message. Depending on which SpamBayes application you are using, it may then filter this message for you, or you can set up your own filters (to file away suspected spam into its own mail folder, for example).