Purify

Commercial; $29.95

Current Version: 2.1 (June 10, 2008)

Hendrickson Software Components produces Purify, a desktop-based, automated email filtering software system that supports almost every email client. Purify was designed from the ground up with ease of use and simplicity in mind. It may be used standalone, and it can also easily support a workgroup from a central computer. The Macintosh version is a completely AppleScript-able Universal Binary, and has been tested on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The Macintosh version also comes with a complete set of AppleScripts that can be tailored by the user to exactly fit their needs. Features include:

• Filter e-mail using powerful statistical Bayesian type filter.
• Filter e-mail by country of origin.
• Filter, accept, or ignore e-mail based on user defined phrases.
• Accept e-mail from easily imported friends list.
• Forward valid e-mail to your iPhone, or other SMTP service.
• Filter image spam.
• Filter e-mail not addressed to you, or uses incorrect proper name.
• Report spammers and phishers to their ISPs with a button click!
• Data feed for upcoming hsc product "Compass."
• Available for Windows, Macintosh (Universal Binary), and Linux.
• Works with virtually every email client (Apple Mail, Outlook, etc.).
• Supports POP, POP SSL, IMAP, IMAP SSL.
• Use in standalone, or workgroup mode.
• Workgroup mode supports combo of Windows, Macintosh, Linux users.
• Macintosh version is fully AppleScript-able.
• Complete set of AppleScripts are provided.
• Macintosh version has been tested on Mac OS X Leopard.

Purify is designed as a replacement for Hendrickson's Sp@mX and Em@ilCRX products, both of which remain supported.

Version 2.1 adds/changes the following:

• Many users were reporting that after reporting spam for a few weeks using Purify, that their spam level dropped off to the level where most of their email was legitimate, or from friends. To accommodate this change, the filtering paradigm for Purify has changed from, prove to me that you're not spam, to if you're not a friend, then prove to me that you're not spam. This should significantly improve Purify performance for this group of users.
• Improved the robustness of the reporting engine. Before, if an abuse report failed to transmit, then the reporting session would end. Now, if an abuse report fails, it is logged as a failure, and the reporting session continues.
• MANY updates to the geoip database that supports the Purify country filter.