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Email Spam Filter
FAQ's
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OUTLOOK EXPRESS
SUMMARY: How to configure Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 to
prevent SPAM.
- Open Outlook Express,
if not allready.
- Select the Tools
menu, and select Message Rules,
and select Mail...
- In the new Message Rules window, click on
New...
- In the first box(Conditions) Check the condition
named Where the Subject contains
specific words
- In the second box(Actions) Check
Move it to the specified folder
- Below in the Third box(Discription) click on
contains specific words.
- In the Type Specific Words window click in the
first box and type *****SPAM***** (5 asterisks)
- Click Add, then
click on OK .
- In the same window click on
specified folder.
- Click the New Folder
button, in the name field type
SPAM or whatever you want
your folder to be called
- Click OK, now
make sure your new folder is selected, then click
OK
- In the last box(Name) type a name for the rule like SPAM
filter or something else descriptive, then click OK
- Click OK to
close the Message Rules window.
- Your all done, check in your SPAM folder
occasionally to make sure its working and also check for any
email that you might have wanted.
Note: Ocassionally you may also want to empty this
folder.
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OUTLOOK
SUMMARY: How to configure Microsoft Outlook 2000 to prevent
SPAM.
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Open Outlook, if
not allready.
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Select the Tools
menu, and select Rules
Wizard...
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In the new Rules Wizard screen, click on New...
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Make sure Check messages when they
arrive is selected, then click
Next >
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Check the condition named with
specific words in the subject.
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Below in the Rule Discription window click on
specific words.
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In the new Search Text window click in the
Add new: box and type
*****SPAM*****
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Click Add, then
click on OK .
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Click Next > in the
Rules wizard window.
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Check the action called move
it to the specified folder.
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Below in the Rule Discription window click on
specified.
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Click the New...
button, in the name field type
SPAM or whatever you want
your folder to be called
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Click OK, now make
sure your new folder is selected, then click
OK
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Click Next >, and
click Next > again,
as we have no exceptions
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now it should be asking for a name for our filter, type
spam filter or something
desciptive, then click Finish.
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Click OK to close
the Rules Wizard window.
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Your all done, check in your SPAM folder occasionally
to make sure its working and also check for any email that you
might have wanted.
Note: Ocassionally you may also want to empty
this folder.
It might also be better to check for the X-Spam-Flag in the header
instead of the Subject: *****SPAM... To do this use the condition
called with specific words in the
message header and use
X-Spam-Flag: YES as the search text.
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