How EMailerID Software Works
EMailerID software enables you to maintain a list of people and companies
whose e-mail are allowed into your e-mail inbox. This list prevents junk e-mail
from entering your inbox and prevents you from wasting your time with unwanted
and offensive content.
EMailerID software is similar to caller ID on your telephone. With EMailerID software, you have a list of family, friends, and companies from which you want to receive e-mail. When someone not on that list tries to contact you (like a telemarketing person does on your telephone), EMailerID asks that sender to first identify themselves so that you can decide if you want to talk to that company or person.
EMailerID software can automatically build an initial Allowed
People and Companies list for you. This list can be built from the Windows Address book, Microsoft Outlook Express Sent Items folder, or any file that contains e-mail addresses. Alternatively, you can build your list of Allowed People and Companies list by entering the addresses in the Allow New Addresses window.
When unauthorized people and/or companies send you e-mail, EMailerID
software automatically responds to the senders, informing them to send
a message that:
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is plain text
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has 1 - 3 lines
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contains no contact information, such as web links, phone numbers, or
mailing addresses
These constraints allow legitimate people and/or companies to describe
who they are, but are too restrictive to be commercially useful to senders of junk e-mail.
When EMailerID software receives a valid response from an unauthorized
person or company, EMailerID software displays the address to
you. If you don't add the address to your Allowed list, the message won't enter your inbox. Because EMailerID software doesn't show you the subject or contents by default, you are not bothered by vague or sometimes offensive content.
For example, cousin Betty decides to send you an e-mail. You didn't
even know that cousin Betty had an e-mail account so she is not on your
list of allowed people. First, EMailerID software checks Betty's
e-mail address against your Allowed list of addresses. It's not there,
so EMailerID software sends a brief message to Betty explaining that you
are using inbox control software to prevent unsolicited e-mail.
EMailerID software then asks her to send an e-mail that contains 3 lines
or fewer of just plain text that does not include web links, phone
numbers, or mailing addresses. Once Betty does this, EMailerID software
displays her new message in a window called People. You can then decide
if you want to allow Betty's e-mail into your inbox.
Unlike anti-spam software, EMailerID inbox control software does not make
unilateral censorship decisions by deleting any incoming messages; there are no complicated rules to setup or understand. Instead, it keeps all unauthorized messages outside of your mailbox. So if you really want to look at all those unauthorized e-mail messages, you can.
And unlike web-based systems, you don't have to pay monthly to rely on someone else's service. You don't have to share any personal information about yourself and your friends to a third party and their affiliates. And you don't have to submit to a service agreement that says you must receive "promotional offers" from that service or whatever third parties they consider affiliates.
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