MailWasher Pro
From CastleCopsWiki
[edit] What is MailWasher Pro (aka MWP)
|
MailWasher Pro POPFile/MWP |
www.firetrust.com/products/pro/ FireTrust MailWasher Pro Home
MailWasher® Pro is a tool to help you cut down the time you waste fighting junk mail. It also lets you preview, reply to and delete your email from a malware safe environment, It will check multiple mail accounts and allow you to clean them all in one pass.
You can see an overview of how the program works in the Process Flow Diagram for MailWasher Pro
There is a "MWP for beginners" article here to get you started off with a minimum of effort on your part while providing a maximum amount of safety for your e-mail.
There are several versions of the program available, this section is devoted to the Windows version of MailWasher Pro. In the future the wiki may be expanded to cover the Linux and Mac versions as well as the "Free" version.
MailWasher can take one or more of several actions for each message.
| Action | Reference: |
|---|---|
| Do nothing | |
| Delete from your server | |
| Report to FirstAlert | FirstAlert |
| Report to SpamCop | SpamCop Reporting |
| Create bounce message | What is Wrong With Bouncing Spam |
|
MailWasher Pro Index MailWasher Pro
|
MailWasher® Pro has a variety of methods of detecting spam that are covered in detail at MailWasher_Pro_Spam_Tools:
Friends List FirstAlert!™ Blacklist Filtering Learning Filters Origin of Spam Virus Warnings
Once you have previewed your mail and deleted your spam from the server MailWasher Pro will launch your e-mail program so you can collect the remaining good messages.
There are versions for Windows, the MAC and Linux. Unless specifically noted these pages are intended only for the Windows Pro version. There is also an older version just called MailWasher (no Pro) for Windows and some of these topics may apply to it as well.
The support forums for MailWasher are here FireTrust Support and support is available from both other users and the FireTrust support staff. FireTrust maintains a Support and FAQ on their website. They also maintain a changelog of changes and feature enhancements for each version, along with the date of release.
There are MailWasher_Pro_Tips_and_Solutions for some common MailWasher Pro problems here
MailWasher Pro users are also participating in formulating a preemptive MailWasher Proxy/Server (MWPS) Edition: User-driven Functional Specification.
