95 Percent of All Junk E-Mail Eliminated by CYBERsitter AntiSpam.SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1998--Solid Oak Software Inc., publisher of the leading Internet content-filtering program, CYBERsitter, is now offering a new software application that is guaranteed to eliminate 95 percent of all spam or unwanted junk e-mail See spam. . "By applying our years of filtering experience and extensive experience in dealing with junk mail See spam and junk faxes. , we have produced a product that is not only easy to use, but highly accurate as well," said Brian Milburn, president of Solid Oak Software. CYBERsitter AntiSpam provides free automatic updates to the latest spam list, full configuration based on the users' preferences, multi-user settings, and is easy to set up and use. Unlike other offerings, CYBERsitter AntiSpam does much more than check incoming messages against a long list of known spammers. Among its many features are options to validate e-mail addresses for legitimacy, and block messages from mailing lists you do not belong to. Of particular interest to parents is the "Trusted Senders" feature. This will allow parents to specify exactly whom their children are allowed to receive e-mail from. "This addresses a huge problem for parents," Milburn added. "Kids who participate in chat rooms, for example, are typically inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with junk mail and adult-web-site advertising." Whenever the user checks e-mail using any POP 3-compliant e-mail software such as Re:PLY, Eudora, Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook or Netscape Communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. , CYBERsitter AntiSpam automatically scans incoming mail and deletes unwanted mail before it ever gets downloaded to their regular e-mail program Software in the user's computer that can access the mail servers in a local or remote network. Also known as an "e-mail client," "mail client," "mail program," and "mail reader," it provides the ability to send and receive e-mail messages and file attachments. . The user will never see the unwanted mail and will not waste time and bandwidth downloading it. It can also maintain a log of all rejected messages. A 10-day free Trial Version is available on the Web site, http://www.cybersitter.com. CYBERsitter AntiSpam is available now for the price of $19.95. Current or new CYBERsitter users will be able to purchase this valuable product for only $12.95. It can be ordered directly from its Web site or by calling 800/388-2761 or 805/884-8201. A server version, site licenses and educational discounts will soon be available. CONTACT: Solid Oak Software Inc., Santa Barbara Marc Kanter, 805/884-8201, ext. 102 E-mail: marc@solidoak.com |
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