VQme Anti Spam With Webmail

As is the case with OnlyMyEmail, the Web-based VQme Anti Spam service protects a PC by insinuating itself between an email server and the end-user’s PC. That means the user must set up a user profile and a corresponding @vqme.com email address. The process was quite easy, as VQme handled the entire configuration on its own, automatically configuring Outlook Express with the correct incoming and outgoing mail servers, user name, and password.

You have to review the list of email addresses and specify which ones you wanted to include on the list of safe senders. It wasn’t difficult, but the utility could and should have handled easily.

Users of VQme Anti Spam discover that the program takes a unique approach to spam management. Its most radical feature is referred to as Personal Value Control. This is essentially a five-cent bond that VQme emailers promise to pay to individuals who receive spam from them. The idea is interesting and has potential in theory, but carries little practical value as it only works when both parties use VQme or a supporting ISP. The worst spam offenders are not likely to fit those criteria. Fortunately, the program’s other unique features offer much more value to the user.

This is smart features, including Smart Subject, which monitors the Subject lines of outgoing messages and permits messages that have similar subject lines, and Surf Match, which monitors the user’s online activity and permits incoming messages sent from sites where the user has conducted business or requested information. That sounds a lot like spyware, but Vanquish insists its software registers nothing more than the names of the domains involved in online transactions.

Like Email Security Desktop and OnlyMyEmail, VQme offers a free trial period for prospective users. And like OnlyMyEmail, it provides a Webmail option so users can check their VQme.com email address from any computer that has access to the Web. Unlike the competition, VQme gives paying users free phone-based support for the first 180 days of use.

[tags]VQme, Anti Spam[/tags]