New in X5: Send Spam to Intego

No, I’m not suggesting you spam Intego, but rather that you send us the spam that you receive, that slips by Personal Antispam X5’s spam filter, so we can improve its spam-catching abilities. Current tests show that Personal Antispam X5 catches more than 99% of all spam, but that last 1% is always a struggle, since spammers are constantly coming up with new techniques to evade spam filters. Every week, new forms of spam arise, and here at Intego, we keep up with this by issuing regular updates to Personal Antispam X5’s spam filters. (You can get these updates via NetUpdate, Intego’s update engine; spam filters are updated several times a month.)

In Personal Antispam X5, we have added a feature so you can forward your spam to Intego, allowing us to analyze it and add its characteristics to the program’s filters. To do this, select one or several messages, then choose Submit Spam Sample to Intego from the Personal Antispam menu in Mail or Entourage. This will copy the information from the message(s) to a new message, and send it to a special e-mail address Intego uses to collect new spam.

Our developers will analyze the message, and future updates to the program’s spam filters will take this type of spam into account. The more messages you forward like this, the more efficient we can make Personal Antispam X5. So don’t hesitate: send us your spam!