topic Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam in Email

Googlemail/Gmail and spam

jab1 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:49:02 GMT

I appreciate Plusnet can do nothing about this, and I don't expect them to - I just need to vent.

For reasons I don't intend to elaborate on, I turned the PN spam filter off many years back, so I expect to get some spam. This is not a problem - I use MailWasher as a filter but it appears Google, having introduced non-standard requirements for mail being sent to their servers, are perfectly happy to allow their users to use the service (via GoogleGroups) to spam others, and have a laborious and convoluted 'reporting' route for such abuse.

'Double standards' springs to mind.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Marksfish — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:02:11 GMT

Totally unrelated to Google, but Mailwasher related. I am using 6.5.4 and have done for years. I looked into upgrading, but it seems it is now subscription only. Was wondering if you had the old standalone version or a newer one?

Mark

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

jab1 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:11:49 GMT

@Marksfish I have 6.5.4, the later versions do not work on Linux, and in any case, I have a 'lifetime' licence for it. Also, I didn't particularly like the later versions.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Champnet — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:50:53 GMT

I run Mailwasher 7.15.45 on a Win 7 VM.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

jab1 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:55:35 GMT

I don't have a VM, although I do have a W7 machine - which is very rarely connected to the net - it is only used for one specific purpose that rarely needs it 'online'.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Marksfish — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:16:43 GMT

Is 7.15.45 standalone please? I only saw the subscription service on the website.

Thanks

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Champnet — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:09:08 GMT

@Marksfish My version 7.15.45 is/was paid for.

A free version of 7.15.45 is available if you search for "mailwasher pro free"

Not sure about standalone but it is currently an application running in windows, there may have been a Linux version but I' d guess @jab1 may be running an emulation program. Awaiting correction............

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

jab1 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:22:17 GMT

@Champnet Version 6.5.4 is the latest that will function on Linux-based systems (confirmed by FireTrust themselves), as v7 is built on a completely different platform, details of which I didn't request, as I had no interest.

MW has to be installed and run under WINE.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Champnet — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:22:29 GMT

@jab1 Thanks for the correction, I await no longer...........

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Marksfish — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:26:33 GMT

@Champnet wrote:

@Marksfish My version 7.15.45 is/was paid for.

A free version of 7.15.45 is available if you search for "mailwasher pro free"

Not sure about standalone but it is currently an application running in windows, there may have been a Linux version but I' d guess @jab1 may be running an emulation program. Awaiting correction............

Sorry, I may not have been clear. I paid for my version of MW Pro and happily upgraded all the way to my current version, but didn't subscribe to the spam filtering. I was under the impression the newer versions of Mailwasher have to be subscribed to every year, or the programme stops working full stop (a bit like Microsoft 365).If it happily carries on after the first year, I would upgrade, but don't want to pay every year.

I'm aware I have taken the thread off topic. Apologies.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

jab1 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:37:37 GMT

@Marksfish wrote:

Sorry, I may not have been clear. I paid for my version of MW Pro and happily upgraded all the way to my current version, but didn't subscribe to the spam filtering. I was under the impression the newer versions of Mailwasher have to be subscribed to every year, or the programme stops working full stop (a bit like Microsoft 365).If it happily carries on after the first year, I would upgrade, but don't want to pay every year.

Which version are you running @Marksfish ? I bought a lifetime licence for MW back in the dark ages - probably around v4 - and that has remained current for all up to 6.5.4 - the next release was the first of the v7, which is when the license became an annual one - for the Pro version.

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Marksfish — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:43:30 GMT

Up in my first post to you 😁 It is 6.5.4. Had years and it is a workhorse, just fancy something a bit updated, but not if it means an annual subscription to use it.

Mark

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

jab1 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:52:05 GMT

If it does the job, why change it?

Re: Googlemail/Gmail and spam

Marksfish — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:46:27 GMT

Change for changes sake I suppose. It has worked faithfully for many years and I have always found Firetrust support to be spot on whenever I have needed it (to recover my licence key several times). If it ain't broke, don't fix it I suppose 😊