![]() ![]() I look through the junk folder every month or so for things that have been misfiled – often two or three corporate mailing list things will wind up there. It sounds like it works just like SpamSieve. It’s brilliant enough that I’ve never bothered to get an update for it. I am sure there must be an equivalent for Windows, but this is the one to cure spam on the Mac.įor a SpamSieve-like program for Windows, I’ve been using SpamBayes (with Outlook on Windows XP) for the last three years. As it is I can happily live with it removing 99+%. Without that temporary lapse, I think SpamSieve would filter out 100% of the correct spam. I think the 99% batting average of my SpamSieve would be 1% better if it weren’t for two factors: 1) Because of product reviews my mail is more spamish than most, and 2) in the last 6 months spammers started sending image spam (the text is a picture) which as taken SpamSieve a while to figure out. For all that nothing I get a squeaky clean in box with a rare spam intruder. That’s it! SpamSieve also knows my friends from my address book, and it can be told about specific address or domains in hundreds of direct ways if you care to, but mostly I simply do nothing. Then about twice a month I go through my Junk Mail box and pluck out two or three “goods” that got through with a single keystroke that again admonishes SpanSieve of their proper state. I needed only a few minutes fiddling to get it up and running, and thereafter, I merely delete the occasional stray spam with a keystroke that simultaneously scolds SpamSieve about its correct nature and sends it to the dump. Like many of the best spam filters SpamSieve uses Bayesian tricks to learn from your in-box what kind of mail you approve of and what you hate. ![]() I’ve used some good spam filters before but they didn’t learn fast enough, or needed too much attention to keep on top of their game. My wife, who has a Mac at work, was complaining about her spam load, and I realized, “oh my gosh, you mean you don’t know about SpamSieve?” I don’t have to open the app it somehow sits quietly behind most email programs. ![]() SpamSieve is so invisible and maintenance free that I’ve just about forgotten about it - despite the fact that my email has been widely posted on the web for 10 years. I have been using it for almost three years now and its statistics show that over that time it was 99% accurate. įor more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.SpamSieve is the best spam filter for the Mac. Look for them at VersionTracker or MacUpdate. There are many utilities that can uninstall applications. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. ![]() Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Download Easy Find at VersionTracker or MacUpdate. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, Easy Find, instead. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/. Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process. Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Read their documentation on how to remove. ![]()
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