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The first two programs below are software available for the Macintosh OS which will help you keep the amount of spam that you download to your harddrive to a minimum. The two below that are programs to control which cookies to accept when you are browsing the web.
Mail Siphon II is a true e-mail agent (to receive and send messages). It has the particularity to be the first on-line agent of its kind for the Macintosh: you can easily read and delete messages from your mailboxes at the server, but also reply to messages. Shareware - $20 and worth every penny!
MailCall is an email notification application. It can perform periodic checks of your accounts and will notify you when new mail has arrived. The newest version has the ability to retrieve the headers for POP3 accounts so that you can see what mail is waiting without opening your email application. Free to use; $12 to register (which allows the program to remain open more than 15 minutes at a time). Not as good as "Mail Siphon", but perfectly adequate if you do not get a lot of email.
NetShred is an internet privacy utility that securely deletes files you created when using the Internet - web browser cache, browser history files and email trash. You can run it manually or set it up to run automatically, either when you quit from your browser or email application, or when you shutdown your computer. $15 - Works with IE or Netscape; Mac OS 8 or 9 (no support for OS X).
WCCacheCleaner will empty your Netscape browser cache folder just before your system shuts down; also has options to clean your Global History and/or Magic Cookie files. Program will run 15 times, after which it must be registered (free). Requires System 7.1 or greater, and only works with Netscape (versions 2.x, 3.x and 4.x).
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