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Works good along with (and separate from) Outlook Express. Auto-setup wizard.

Example of the looks, and simple setup, after a download and install...

	The icon, in the system tray, shows incoming spam. Here it shows the number 1.
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11-17-08
Global spam volume drops 75%
A critical piece of at least one spam gang's alleged cyber-crime infrastructure was taken down last week as San Jose-based hosting company McColo was disconnected from the internet. The impact? An instant and massive drop in the amount of spam being sent around the world. Learn more about the case, and the continuing story of McColo, in these blog entries by SophosLabs experts.
http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/11/1970.html
http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2008/11/1995.html

5-17-08 Spammer goes to jail
Here's a story that will brighten the moods of all those people who are tired of finding their mailboxes full of junk mail every morning: a Brooklyn spammer was sentenced to over a year in the slammer for breaking the anti-spam laws. Link

5-20-08
Legal victory against spammers as MySpace wins record payout of $234 million

Have a MySpace account? A legal judgment has awarded MySpace a record payment of $234 million from spammers who bombarded its users with junk emails. The payout, the largest ever under the CAN-SPAM Act, means that Sanford "Spamford" Wallace and his business partner Walter Rines are obliged to refund the social networking website for the cost of handling over 700,000 junk messages, and complaints it received from its users.

Source: Sophos
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2008/05/myspace-spam.html

Man described as a top spammer arrested (AP)

SEATTLE --A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.

Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised "zombie" computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.

"He's one of the top 10 spammers in the world," said Tim Cranton, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company's Worldwide Internet Safety Programs. "He's a huge problem for our customers. This is a very good day."

A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against Soloway charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

Soloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a judge determined that -- even with four bank accounts seized by the government -- he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.

He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive Mercedes convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are seeking to have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his business, Newport Internet Marketing Corp.