Spam Sleuth Lite monitors your e- mail box behind the scenes and analyzes e- mail messages for spam and virus characteristics.

If Spam Sleuth Lite determines an e- mail is spam, it yanks it out of the e-mail server, compresses it so that it takes as little space as possible on your computer.

When your e-mail program gets your e- mail, the spam has already been removed and you can read your e- mail the same way you always have, but without sorting through the junk e-mail to find the gems.

Friends - Add your friends e-mail addresses to allow messages through to your inbox.

You can import addresses from your e-mail program, and you can use wild cards to quickly add domains.

For example, if you want to receive all e-mail coming from Blue Squirrel you would enter *@bluesquirrel.com.

Turing Test: Sends an email back to the sender and requires them to enter a validation code in order for Spam Sleuth to allow email messages through to your inbox.

(Great way to know if you're dealing with a mindless machine or a real human on the other end.)