A nice collection of networking tools for Windows including WHOIS, traceroute, ping, nslookup, finger and looking up abuse email addresses for ISPs.
Sam Spade is a freeware network query app and networking program, developed by Steve Atkins for Windows. It's pretty easy to setup.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of Sam Spade to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this network query program.
A collection of Internet/networking tools which are still useful
Sam Spade is a general-purpose Internet utility package, with some extra features to help in tracing the source of spam and other forms of Internet harassment.
With the help of Sam Spade you should be able to successfully track the senders of unsolicited emails in a few minutes.
Features of Sam Spade
- Browse web: browse the web in a raw http format.
- Check cancels: search your news server for cancel messages.
- Crawl website: search a website, looking for email addresses, offsite links, etc.
- Decode URL: decipher an obfuscated URL.
- Fast and Slow Traceroute: find the route packets take between you and a remote system.
- Parse email headers: read email headers and make a guess about the origin of the email.
- S-Lang command: issue a scripting command; useful for debugging scripts.
- SMTP Relay Check: check whether a mail server allows third party relaying.
- Scan Addresses: scan a range of IP addresses looking for open ports.
- Zone Transfer: ask a DNS server for all it knows about a domain.
Compatibility and License
Sam Spade is provided under a freeware license on Windows from network software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.14 Beta is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can Sam Spade run on?
Sam Spade can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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