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Personal Antispam X5 10.5.2

Macworld Rating

3.5 out of 5 Mice, Jul 7, 2009

Pros

  • Easy, automated installation for Mail
  • Nice user interface for managing filters
  • Strong performance after a sufficient training period
  • Supports POP and IMAP

Cons

  • Annual subscription needed to update some features
  • Can’t properly move messages from Spam folder back into originating account if you have more than one account
  • Initial filtering performance isn’t great
  • Doesn’t track many statistics
  • Entourage setup is a bit complicated
  • Expensive
  • Learning from batches of messages takes a long time

Software Details

  • Intego
  • 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Universal
  • $49; subscription fee, $30/year

Macworld's Personal Antispam X5 10.5.2 Coverage

  • Personal Antispam X5 Intego's Personal Antispam X5 10.5.2 is a solid anti-spam program, as long as you're using Mail or Entourage (the program supports both POP and IMAP protocols, but only in those two applications).
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