Check Spam allows viewing the Source of the email with all headers without going through the special gyrations required by some mail clients we might be familiar with, allows viewing mail in Normal mode which includes viewing HTML mail, allows parsing the mail to determine the ultimate source of the spam, allows sending complaints to the top level ISP for the source as well as any other addresses included in the Additional Addresses list and provides for maintenance of the saved spam folders.
The registered version also allows single click add of any email address from any received mail to the Friends List or Block List. Hey, SpamX is picky - For your protection from all the unwanted trash out there and it sure beats setting up all kinds of complicated rules that won't work anyway.
Click any menu item or screen area in the image above for information on that item.
Read below for descriptions of the main screen areas.
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| Item | Description |
| Spam List | The Spam List displays the list of spams intercepted by SpamX just like a normal email client. The list is sorted by date RECEIVED with the most recent at the top. Note that this may be different than the date shown in the Date field as many spammers set the date on their computer FAR AHEAD of the real date in an attempt to keep their spam at the TOP of a date sorted inbox. Selecting a spam in the list displays the contents of the spam in the Contents area. The buttons at the top of the Check Spam window all operate on the currently selected spam except, of course, the one labeled "Quit". |
| Contents Area | Displays the contents of the email selected in the Spam List. The Contents Area supports viewing the email with all headers [Source Mode] and viewing just the contents of the mail without headers [Normal Mode]. Normal Mode viewing supports HTML mail if the mail is in that format while Source Mode is a text-based viewing mode. |
| Folder List | The Folder List on the left of the Check Spam window contains the Inbox, Trash and Sent folders which may be selected to show the contents of the selected folder in the Spam List. |
| Info Area | The Info Area at the bottom of the Check Spam window displays the current spams directory, the number of files in the currently selected folder and the name and type [format] of the currently selected spam. |
