MailWasher
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Starting price:
$24.95 per year
Free trial:
Available
Free version:
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Most Helpful Reviews for MailWasher
1 - 5 of 23 Reviews
Adrian
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2019
Absolutely indispensable!
I have been using Mailwasher since 1998 and could not do without it. Because all the mail you receive remains on your ISP's server until you have cleaned it of undesirables, it is impossible to infect your machine with a virus (unless you open read it in HTML view and click on a link within the mail). You cannot view attachments while mails are on the server either. It provides a level of security that I have never found in any other anti-spam solution.
PROSIt is 98% perfect and allows total flexibility in control of your mailbox. To be succinct, ISP spam filters often classify mails as spam when they are both legitimate and important. That can result in you not seeing them because they get sent to your spam folder or automatically deleted. Mailwasher leaves you to decide what is spam and what isn't. If you accidentally delete a mail, the restore option will allow you to retrieve it.
CONSIn the Pro category, I said that the program is 98% perfect. The 2% missing is due to the fact that on rare occasions an unwanted mail will slip through within the space of time you have cleaned the list and then downloaded the remainder. I cannot think of any way the programmer could solve this though as the timeframe is far too tight. Therefore, I mention the issue but would not see it as a reason not to use this program.
Reasons for switching to MailWasher
Orange's own solution is far too aggressive tagging mails you really need as spam. For example, mails from my bank, the tax authorities, and even my own mother, were almost always tagged as spam.
Michael
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2021
Mailwasher Server Rocks!
My overall experience has been very positive. MailWasher Server just works, and does its job very well for my needs. Support has been very timely and efficient, often going the extra mile to troubleshoot perceived issues (I say 'perceived' because so far any issue has embarrassingly been my own, not that of the software)
PROSMailwasher (Server) makes my life easier by automatically blocking spam and junk at the mail server level. I have a small consultancy with a few clients who utilize my mailserver, and MailWasher Server protects all of them (multiple email accounts in multiple domains). It's very easy to learn, configure and use. the Bayesian training is straightforward (and automatic) and it's easy to start over if needed. Setting up 'Good Filters' and 'Bad Filters' is also easy (e.g. create a Good Filter to always allow emails with a wildcard 'from' address of '*@capterra.com' or even use regular expressions on to, from addresses, subject lines, email body, etc.)
CONSI have used this software for several years now, I don't have any cons.
Reason for choosing MailWasher
Pricing, ease of use, ease of administration/management
kent
Computer Networking, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed June 2023
Mailwasher quit working since Godaddy went Microsoft Exchange
It was great for many years but their current response has made it impossible. Am looking for a new source.
PROSIt was great junk and adverse email filter But hasn't worked at ALL for over a MONTH
CONSFiretrost has not been able to fix Mailwasher working at all with email service from Godaddy. It has become worthless.
John
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Fantastic Service
I have used MailWasher Pro since 2007 to block an ever increasing amount of Spam, and had to call on “support” several times. The program has performed very well and the small issues were generally “user issues” rather than faults. My most recent interaction was to enhance my understanding of how the spam filtering worked and how I could further automate the blocking of spam. I was delighted by the service I received, as the email response to my query was returned in just a few hours. As has been my previous experience, the response showed an understanding of my question, a brief but practical solution and in this most recent case, reference to an excellent paper describing the history and the improvements made to the product as well as the “quirks” of the filtering system. I have to declare their support mechanism as a model of support for not only software but for most technological purchases. Such great support only enhances the reputation of the product.
PROSThis product works as it is claimed to do. It has considerable range of features and complex algorithms to detect spam emails.
CONSWhilst the help panels could be expanded to explain the configuration options and the manner in which they work, such detail would necessarily detract from the objective of the help panels to supply “quick” answers to simple questions. The excellent service I have received overcomes any such difficulty.
Reason for choosing MailWasher
MailWasher worked from Day 1
Gerson
Verified reviewer
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2018
Application that filters your mail intelligently
What better benefit than to keep your inbox clean and without any type of spam or junk mail, to make the task of checking something nice.
PROSIt is excellent to keep your mail clean and free from dirtty spam, it is very easy to start using it and as we use it becomes more accurate and effective that is why I call it smart, according to your use you will learn which email is spam and it gets better every day, has a list of friends and blacklist that improve even more its quality and work, it comes with a very good spam database that from the beginning will eliminate and filter much of the spam in your inbox.
CONSIt is difficult to find something to claim this application since everything does everything right, in principle it leaves spam in the inbox but as it is configured correctly it will begin to work better and better.