I swapped from PC to Mac and the only complaint I have is that there is no Mailwasher Pro for Mac. C'mon Firetrust Mac users get spammed too!

I run Mailwasher on my Mac via "Parallels" very successfully. But it is possible to get the "Process Mail" button to jump platforms to open "Mail" on the mac.

I've been using MWP for a long while now but am on the point of converting from Windows to Ubuntu but I see there isn't a version for any Linux derivative. I'll miss the functionality of MWP. I could install MWP under Wine I suppose but a native Linux version would be preferable.

In Linux, install Wine, and then Mailwasher. Works well!

On th Mac, I suggest you install Crossover for Mac (www.codeweavers.com) and then install Mailwasher.

i am using mailwasher pro on my mac. this is a full mac version, not via parallels or other virtual windows app. they are supposed to be doing a new version for Mac but this has been ongoing for some time.Email firetrust and ask if they can provide a link to the app for download thats what i did when i lost my application and needed to reinstall.i dont think there are any better programs for spam on windoze or Mac as many seem to still download the spam to your machine and then delete it, Come on Firetrust lets have the new version for Mac

MWP works reasonably well in Wine on Linux. Emulate Win98 for best results. However, a native Linux version would be much preferred. Those of us looking to abandon Macrosoft need software vendors to get on board. Even through there's a lot of freeware written for Linux, the paid software model is not dead, especially for anything as useful as MWP!

Come people! I know you're working on one because I still have the alpha you sent me a while back. Pretty please? :-)

Come on guys a mac version please!!!

As stated by others, MWP works quite well in Wine on Linux but it is obvious when using it that it is running on the wrong OS. With the growth of Ubuntu, in particular, it is time for a Linux version. You could even try persuading Canonical to list the free version in the Ubuntu Software Centre. Personally, I would also be prepared to buy a new license for a Linux version because it would be unreasonable to consider it an upgrade.

+1 for Linux version of MWP, not through WINE. As Anonymous above says, Linux as an OS is as good if not better than Windows. What it lacks though is software and drivers. I'm still waiting for the day when I can switch over to Linux for good, not just when I'm not working, and MWP would be a major part of that decision.

They had a Linux version of MW for a while, it never got 100% ready to release. Now they are looking at making one available again once the new version is released.

I am using Ubuntu v9.10 w/Wine already installed. I tried to use MWPro (latest version) under Wine. However, every time I tried to set-up an email account I kept getting some kind of "cryptic" error. I have been able to install the "FREE" version of MW Free v6.3. The only drawback with this version is that it only allows for one email account (being a FREE version). I do have a license/key for Pro current version but as I said can't use it because of the error. I don't know if the error is with MWPro, Ubuntu, or Wine; if not a combination of the three. Maybe FireTrust will release a Linux/Unix version. Let's see.

I am using Mailwasher Pro for several years now and I love it. But now I'm switching to Mac and I had hoped that Mailwasher is also available for Mac. But helas.

Can we please have a Mac version?

I'm ready to pay for a Linux version. I've using MWP for several years now and don't get email except through MWP. Bouncing is the best feature as I never get repeated spam from the same spammer. Thanks guys for making such a great product. LINUX please help me get rid of M$
Fred

Having ditched Microsoft for an Apple Mac, I would also love to see Mailwasher work under that OS

I have been Mailwasher SUPER FAN for over 6 years (maybe even longer!!) and JUST also threw my PC out the window (ha ha) and am loving and learning my Macbook Pro (it is so fast!) PLEASE is there a Mac version on its way????

Wow! love MWP on my Win 7 laptop, but I really would love to use it on my iMac desktop!
Hope Firetrust will consider to write a mac os (and Linux etc.) version as well as I get bombarded with spam on my Mac.
Thanx guys for a great product so far!

Gotta share the love. C'mon guys, we're begging you here. I too threw windoze out the winda and have a Mac. Miss MWP so much =sniff sniff=. It's just no fun going to the email box, it's all junk!! Help us, please?

When they announced Vista and I saw all of the horror stories, I went and bought a Mac. So far I've convinced 4 other people to dump their Windows systems and buy Macs. I'm working on a 5th person right now. I want everyone using Mailwasher. I used it years ago and now that you can use DNS black lists with it, this program is much better than ever.

Where are the Mac download links?!?!? C'mon!!

It is amazing how many people have moved to MAC. I for one. I used MailWasher Pro through VM Fusion when I first changed over from Windows, but I have slowly moved completely from Windows, and away from the hassle. I do need MW for MAC.

I am using old Linux version of MW Pro 2.00. Works ok, but would like to know if there are plans for a new exclusively Linux version not using Wine. I would upgrade if so.

I bought MWP when it was a small shareware program, and referred a number of PC clients to it who bought the program over the years. But in 1994 I switched to a Mac for home and company use and began converting some clients too. I'd love to tell them "this (MWP for Mac) is one of the required programs you need."

Still waiting (even after I alpha-tested the Mac version several years ago, before it got dropped). With more people switching to Macs I think this is a large untapped market.

Hello there, I also use MAC ... switched from Windows to Mac as it is more stable and easy to work... but... NO MAILWASHER for Mac...? what a pitty... please think about it... you could even create an Iphone App and sell thousands of copies on the app store... everybody needs to have a mailwasher nowadays... as spamming has become a business for the phone companies and all those providers of internet connections. The more spam is running on internet... the more data is downloaded... the more you pay..! and I do not want to get robbed !!! Think about it...!
Regards from Italy... by Aqvadesign

I agree with everyone above. We NEED a Mac and Linux version of MWP. If Firetrust gets one out I'd be happy to buy a new license.

Whatever happened to the Mac version which your press release pages say exists? MW 2 for Mac? We have just swapped all our office Windows machines for Macs and are very disappointed that we cannot have MW for Snow Leopard - especially as your website STILL reports that a Mac version is available.....

I must be one of the original users of Mailwasher, back when you had a pitcture of yourself with your cat. I have since spread the word about Mailwasher and now nearly all my friends, aquantences in UK, France and Canada use Mailwasher. The problem now is I have -along with a growing number since the disaster that is Vista- ditched the PC for OSx and a Mac. I' am trying to convince a friend to make the switch as he is also fed up with Microsoft. My only problem is that he will not switch because there is no Mailwasher for the MAC. Interesting, since I introduced him to your program in the first place. Please, please, as I see a growing chorus on your site asking, make a MAC version. Yours is the most worthwhile piece of software on the web.

+1 for Mailwasher on Linux and OSX please. I've used Mailwasher since it was shareware but haven't used windows for years. I'm still running an old version of MW2 on Ubuntu but really need it on my MacBook as well.

I have just converted three HP notebooks and two desktops to Ubuntu Linux 9.10. MS has taken enough of my hard earned money! Of all the programs I really want to take with me, MWP is one of them. More of us are converting every day. I've been an avid owner of MWP since the beginning ... Hey, I'll even take a Beta version :) - Richmond Kelly

I would like to add to the call for a Linux native version. I bought MWP6.1 just before I ditched MS Windows, I still have it running on my Linux system using WINE but a version the would run native in my 64bit Linux environment would be great. I would even be willing to buy it again at full price for that.

I really enjoyed Mail Washer way back when, in my PC days, but I now miss getting back at those spamers and simplifying my mail boxes. Mac version is needed dearly from this end too.

SVR.

In the U.S. Apple Sales are now out numbering the sale of Windows machines. The same is starting to happen in the U.K. My friend who has a business fixing windows machines is loosing customers at the rates of three a week to Apple on average. Please get a version of Mailwasher out for Mac OS X as soon as you can, its a great program and is the only thing I miss on my Mac.

...Landed here on the lookout for Mailwasher for Mac... Hmmm, as with many above, have been using Mailwasher for years. Excellent beyond description, this little program has acted as protection against everything from nasty sibling rivalry to unrequested penile enlargements. I have been using PC for many years and again, as many here, am at last making the leap to the kind and beautiful environment offered by Mac.
I Wanna Mailwasher for my iMac!!!! - Pretty please?
big love for the little program,
Debs
(a human!)

Can't you guys take the hint!? The "old standby" MailWasher for Mac is crap! The only reason I have any kind of Windows programs on my machine (anti-malware) is so I can have my MailWasher! I've stood by you guys since before FireTrust bought you out! MACS NEED MAILWASHER, TOO! HOP TO IT! Grrr!

Just switched to a Mac. Like many of you, I started using MailWasher years ago before it was sold. Among all the other things that make MailWasher so valuable, I am on dialup and need to be able to delete large emails (over 1MB) before downloading to my computer. Apple mail lets me delete them if I sit in front of my computer and watch for the notice that comes up if there's a large email, but I don't want to have to sit there and stare at the screen when I can be off somewhere else while MailWasher gets all my mail. Macs are getting more and more popular. Why is Firetrust so behind the times?

OSX Version really seriously needed. After all Mac sales are increasing every single day now that W7 has hit the streets.....

YES!! PLEASE!! I liked it on my Windows P.C and would love it on the iMac.

I own an old 2.0 version licensed for Mac but I do need a newer and more efficient MWP.... go ahed developing for Mac please!!!

Trevor Jarvie (from Oz):

I am still using MacroS**t, despite the fact that I have both Ubuntu and Mint installed on my PC. I am also considering getting a cheap laptop which may perforce have Casements 7 firmly ensconced on it (though I have yet to price a Macbook through a local second-hand purveyor of All Things Mac in this my city of Sydney [no, not the one in Nova Scotia]). Since I stumbled across Mailwasher Free some 18 months ago, I frankly don't know what I ever did without it, and I drool at the thought of spending only USD 10 to have it for my very own! Primarily, I want to ensconce my Opera and Gmail accounts under the Mailwasher Pro umbrella. I agree with many of the comments above concerning Linux. Granted, I don't know how to use the Wine emulator, but my attempts so far have all ended in tears. I therefore would also join the chorus of those who are trying to abandon Gates' Mates for ever. The development of Mailwasher for Linux (without Wine) can't be beyond the wit of such as you! And since I am considering embracing one of the Mac platforms on a laptop, I'd like to take Mailwasher Pro with me there also. A word in support of Gmail, but, for those who don't know it. This is one of the only mail programs I'm familiar with that has a decent anti-spam filter built into it. I know that Thunderbird has always claimed something of the sort, but without Mailwasher you wouldn't believe how many busty ladies, or nudie cuties, or women in congress with animals Thunderbird merrily embraces (not to mention the manifold scams of the "Nigerian businessman [sadly deceased"]) kind.

I am gravely disappointed that the 2010 upgrade I just spent $10 on will not run in Wine and there is no Linux flavor. Installing .Net 3.5 onto my windoze XP VM and then MWP just so I can use it on my Lucid host OS is not my idea of a good time. I have been busting Nick's balls for years to come up with a native Linux flavor. He once sent me a Linux beta a long time ago but I have long since lost it. Come on, people!!! Windoze is not the only game in town.

Very happy in my migration to Ubuntu. One of the few things I really miss is Mailwasher.

Have also been asking about a Mac version for years... Keep getting told its coming!! When????

I think that the previous comments are typical of many current / previous users of IBM compatible users. I for one intend to transition to a Mac once this desktop "dies"; and my wife and daughter have already done so. The only thing missing is a version of Mailwasher for Mac. I look forward to it!

I simply want to add my weight to the many comments already posted about creating a mac friendly version of Mail Washer. I am about to go over to the 'dark side' after no less than 2 decades of using pc's. The transition is supposed to be quite smooth, but I'm discovering there are a few software developers who still think everyone loves Bill Gates and Microsoft (not the case I can assure you).
I implore you to do something about Mail Washer for mac - this would / could be a windfall for you Nick and all the other members of your team. Nick - I read in a previous post that you replied to, that you were developing a mac version in 2008 - what gives mate????
I have paid for my Windows version of MWP, but will be converting over to my Mac in the next two weeks and using it exclusively for any internet based requirements (email and browsing), so will be saying goodbye to Mail Washer forever....... A sad day, but one I will live with. Hopefully, you'll see the light too Nick and send all your supporters (for many years now) an email advising them you've finally addressed this 'little' (not) oversight!

This program is the one I miss the most (and by far) from my Windows' days. And, yes, me to... "Have also been asking about a Mac version for years... Keep getting told its coming!! When????" ditto

I am now almost 100% Mac, Mailwasher pro will be the one thing that I miss the most about Windows. I would really like to get a Mac version. Great application really does the job for me

So....many questions requesting a Mac version.......where are the answers??

Walter

I am using what is now a quite antiquated Mac version of Mailwasher. A new improved version would be nice.
Anytime soon would be good.

From the Linux Ubuntu 10.10 pre-launch page:
"The Ubuntu Software Center has an updated look and feel, including the new "Featured" and "What's New" views for showcasing applications, an improved package description view, and a "For Purchase" software category has been added."
Yes a "For Purchase" category. A native Linux version is long overdue and now there is no excuse they have even provided a sales channel for you.

I'm pleased to see this suggestion getting so much support, as I too have migrated from Windows/PC to an Apple MacBook and would love to be able to use MailWasher on my Mac to help reduce the volume of spam I receive. MailWasher was very effective at that before I saw the light and was converted!

Ive been using mailwasher from Version 4 on the pc and then Moved to Mac 3years ago
There is a Mac version available as i am using it in 10.6 (snow leopard) now but it is the version 2.0.and if you ask nicely Nick and his mates will provide you with a download link.
So why not provide this for More users but say that this is not supported currently. At least it can be used and you will then have more people that will Need the Mac version.So making this more viable to develop this.
it seems that there are many Mac users that would benefit from this being available for download and not have to use Wine / parallels /Fusion in a windows environment.I too read in a previous post that you replied to, that you were developing a mac version in 2008 Come on Nick Its been 2 years now that you said a new Mac version and still no sight of this.

Also the number of VOTES above must say something that this is a needed Program. I know the version i have works and if a new Mac version did eventually come out i would not need to purchase this but i would purchase this STRAIGHT without hesitation as it is the best Filter that does not download to your computer THEN delete the mail.

I am 100 % aways from Windows so it is time to do it for MAC

Still waiting for the Mac version, and still using the old 2.0.0 version. I think its around 4-5 years since I first asked, just after I converted to Apple. I still keeping asking every now and again (every time I get an email about the Windows version changing). The last time I asked it was still being planned, and I even volunteered to test early versions. Still nothing. Very disappointing.

I use a old version of Mailwasher Pro on my Mac. We need a new one please :-)

I have just moved to a MAC after a long association with all the windows Programmes.
I am pleading for a MAC version of Mailwasher Pro so that I can trust incoming mail again.

George BP

We need it N O W !
Please accelerate the devlopment

I have been using Mailwasher for around 10 years (has it been that long?) and have moved to Ubuntu Linux in the last 3 years. I have been using Mailwasher with Wine for that time, but we can't upgrade, and it is still a little flaky. I believe that Firetrust was working on, or at least looking at, a version of Mailwasher which would run on Linux.

Quote from an email received from Firetrust in July last year:
"It's not all doom and gloom however, as the core engine we've developed in the new version is portable, so the theory at least, is that we just need to write a new user interface that can build for Linux/Mac. QT is currently what we are looking at.

So it is some time off, but once things settle down the intent is to look towards a proper cross platform version that can run natively on both Linux and Macs"

Any progress on this development?

Cheers,
Alan

I am using Mailwasher for some years and it is a must have. Because I am now switching to iMac a OS version would be great

I have been using Mailwasher since the beginning stages. At that time I was strictly using a PC but now have added a Mac to home. I sent an email almost 2 years ago asking about a mac version and was told that it is currently in the works. Any idea when?

i have just moved to after using mailwasher for several years on my pc and would love to see you do a version for the mac.
Steve
tarkus@ntlworld.com

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I have been a very happy MW Pro user on a PC for years but having switched to Mac three years ago, I really do miss MW: so please let us have a Mac version asap!

MWP is perhaps the only Windoze application that I miss, having migrated to Macs a few years ago. Like SO many others here who have done the same, we too get spammed on Macs and I too would be willing to pay again (assuming the price is reasonable) for a Mac version of MailWasher Pro, (which I first bought for my PC in 2003).

I too have influenced several others to move from Windows to a Mac and I am heartened to see how many folks use Macs now. MWP is a fantastic application that is just as needed on Macs and on PCs, so PLEASE let us have a Mac version SOON! (And for an iTouch/iPad, etc.).

Hope you get up and running again soon following the earthquake in Christchurch. Been there quite a few times and it's a lovely place. It's nice to see something as good as MWP come out of there (rather than the US)!

Mark Thriscutt

My wife has been using MailWasher 1.1.2 on a variety of Macs since 2004, it still works on OS X 10.4.11, however she just keeps nagging me about why you guys don't update it.
I know I could run it on my Linux laptop under Wine and haven't done that because it's use is not for email.
My customers are very happy with your product as well, I just upgraded one to 2011 and found out about it that way (I didn't get a mail update and the upgrade didn't warn me about a new version either -- doesn't matter now) so I have just upgraded myself as well.
MailWasher is such a good program because not only does it catch SPAM, it also gives you an idea of the social engineering associated with how spammers work. Never mind that I am also a SpamCop member so I do get an idea of further technicalities, yet with iPads/iPods and their clones coming out left and right it may be financially beneficial for Firetrust to take another look at producing MailWasher for multiple platforms, after all APIs are getting better all the time, yes?
Cheers!

Like pretty much all previous commentators, earlier this year I switched to Apple. I did not do so lightly. When I found that I could run Mailwasher Pro under Windows XP in a VMWare Fusion Window on an Apple, I was finally able to vent my frustration by ditching my Windows PC and the never ending fight with conflicting software, viruses etc, etc. I am now a very, very happy IMac owner / user; and my wife and daughter are very happy owners of Apple Macbooks. My second daughter is now proposing to buy a Macbook Pro.
I hate the never ending fight with spam and rubbish e-mails; so now the only real reason why I continue to use a Windows "Window" is to run Mailwasher - which I have been running for around 8 - 10 years now. However, I do not wish to run any Microsoft Operating System in say 12 months or so; and would dearly like, and be willing to pay for a reasonably priced Mailwasher Pro equivalent for Apple. Further, the XP Operating System that I use is expected to not be supported in around two years time; and I do not wish to further any experience with Microsoft Operating System!
Therefore, please, please develop a Mailwasher Pro equivalent for Apple!
I look forward to your positive response to all of the pleadings on this page - you will make a lot of people very, very happy if you do so!

I am considering switching to a Mac and the lack of a MailWasher program for Mac is holding me back. When will you be producing a version for Mac?
Anonymous

Add me to the "Interested in a Mac version" too!

Add me also, "Interested in a MAC version".
NAY, I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really do want a MAC version.

Now that OS X Lion is out, MailWasher should really come to the Mac too! I've been using the old 2.0 version but as it requires Rosetta it won't run on Lion any more. So, please give us a Mac version!

It can't be said enough: Nick Bolton, you promissed us a Mac version back in 2008 when there would be enough interest. With over a 1000 people voting for a cross platform MWP it's aout time don't you think? I would be more than happy to pay for an adittional license!

I'm about to give up on your deafness on requests for a version for Mac. But... for when??????

I've been hearing "It's coming!" about a revised OSx version since 2008. IS IT COMING? Should I give up? Do you care? I'm not sure anymore!

There used to be a Mac version!!! But now with the upgrade to OSX Lion it doesn't work. I have asked for this and been promised it was being worked on for three years. Please hurry,... please!

I AM WAITING - MAC Version PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE