I've tried various spam killers, all which claim to be great. Most use a variety of filters, some better than others, but still require interaction on some level, and are not entirely accurate. I didn't want to see spam, nor did I want it diverted to a junk folder in my inbox, and I didn't want to miss important messages. Choicemail starts by assuming that everything is spam, and works from that premise by adding your contacts, individuals you specify, anyone you email out to, or an entire domain, to your whitelist. I'm currently using version 1.6. Anyone not on your whitelist gets a registration request. Now, I NEVER see ANY spam at all. It never makes it into my mailbox. I have it set to check two different addresses, and have no problems checking my mail from multiple computers either. I don't know what some of the other users were doing, but I think this program is the best thing to fight spam yet. The thing I can even complain about are the numerous registration requests that get sent out to the spammers, but that isn't really a problem that I can see.

ChiceMail One works great, but it may not be for you. If you share a computer with other family members, it mixes them all together in Outlook. Configuring for web-mail accounts is not as easy as it sounds. And, you'd better keep a back-up copy of your registered version, 'cause if your compter crashes and you have to re-download, they'll charge you 19.95 to re-download the registered users program (rip-off!). That being said, I still wouldn't live without it. It removes ALL the spam. My e-mail has been reduced from over 100 a day to 3 or 4 a day, all of which I want. All you have to do is check every couple of days to see if anyone new wants to register to send you e-mail.

I have not had any of the problems of the other raters. It says that it is removing messages from the server, but when I check my Yahoo account, they're still there. Also, If you use it with Outlook, you can uncheck Leave messages on server. This is a wonderful program and I highly recommend it. I love that I can now view my Yahoo mail in Outlook and thread conversations. One drawback is I can't figure out yet how to send email yet or if that's even possible. All things considered though, this is great!

When a sender registers he is bombarded but useless and tedious advertisements to buy the product. The result is an offensive, unprofessional and needlessly wordy registration process. I contacted the manufacturer several times pointing out the hypocracy of his own "spam". However, he would not change it for the same reason others send spam...to make a buck.

Do not download this junk. I did a 14-day trial (wish I hadn't). This software has totally corrupted my inbox. Hundreds of duplicate messages keep getting resent by the ChoiceMail. As soon as I delete those duplicate message exact same message keep appearing in my inbox (Outlook). Save yourself the trouble. Don't try this software.

Great product ONLY IF YOU CHECK EMAIL FROM ONE COMPUTER... If you use Hotmail or Yahoo or any other webmail based email, AND you check email from work, home, friends houses, etc, this product is simply unacceptable. First off, it removes everything from the server, so now you cant get your email from www.hotmail.com or yahoo.com and when you go home to check it, it wont be there either. Secondly, it only takes mail from the Inbox not your Junk Mail box, which means if you never go online to check your email on Hotmail, your account can fill up... Great product for those who only use one computer to access email, for anyone else the product is inadequate at this time

I have been using ChoiceMail Free 2.66 for quite some time. I check my email on my primary home computer and I don't travel that much so the problem about accessing email on "other" computers is not a problem for me. It seems the SPAM (that ChoiceMail) is intercepting is growing larger and larger. I am now wondering if the increase in SPAM might in great part be the fault of ChoiceMail. Let me explain. ChoiceMail sends a challenge reply to each message you receive (that is not on your White List). The BOTS that generate the spam are not capable of recognizing the "challenge" which results in the eventual deletion of those messages. That part is good but what bothers me is I have always read the worst thing you can do to a spam is REPLY. Though the BOTS may not be able to reply back to the challenge they can certainly register the received reply, in effect, marking you as a "verified" existing email address. Your "verified" email address can then be shared or passed on to other spammers. I believe this is what is happening to me and has contributed to the great increase in spam I am receiving. In other words, ChoiceMail is attracting more spam and making itself seem more valuable. You may be wondering why is this a problem. I scan the UNKNOWN SENDERS page every day to make sure a legitimate email is not missed. I purchase a lot of things online and I usually get confirming emails from the companies and followups concerning shipping. There are also new websites and forums I choose to join that send notices and such that need to be manually saved from the UNKNOWN SENDERS list. The process of looking through the UNKNOWN SENDERS has gotten to be more of a chore than before I used ChoiceMail when I had to inspect each email before opening it using Outlook Express. I believe I may go back to using OutLook Express and just create RULES that direct messages from people in my address book to the INBOX and messages from others to my UNKNOWN BOX. There is an option to just not "SEND CHALLENGE MESSAGES" but then what are you left with that is worth the trouble?

Sceptical about antispam software I finally bumped into ChoiceMail. Quickly downloaded the free edition and since then I am 100% spam free!! Most afraid of not getting legitimate mails but...nothing to be afraid of. Legitimate senders who are willing to fill in a website form in 15 seconds will always get through to me. And that is exactly what I want. Senders who weren't prepared to fill in something were not that eager to contact me. So why bother with them? Another objection to ChoiceMail often heard is that automated messages won't get through: rubbish, pure rubbish. Whenever you are awaiting an automated message just look into the quarantaine box and approve the sender immediately upon receipt. When sending emails to someone unknown they automatically become approved. All you have to do in the beginning 3 weeks is to make sure you have a correct white address list by checking now and then the junk box. Later, you don't bother anymore about this junkbox. And hell, that's a lot better than constantly checking a quarantaine box like with most antispam software. Especially when you receive 100 or more emails a day! I tried several famous and good antispam-software (like spamfighter) but... rulebased antispam software will NOT win the spam-battle. I even got very legitimate email-addresses from real names and NO rule-based software can handle that!! So: for sure in about 2 years even Microsoft will go to permission-based antispam software like ChoiceMail: that is indeed the ONLY viable solution to spam. Users who had trouble with ChoiceMail earlier had not set the options correctly (as I had experienced as well). It takes some 30 minutes to figure everything out but then you have got the best (100%) antispam email software you can have. What baffles me the most is: why not many more people are using this jewel??

The more I thought about it I did not like it I use a pop3 mail and to give them a password is crazy A hackers dream come true .