Outlook
Express spam filter setup
1) Right click on the Local
Folders item on the left
side of Outlook Express and select the New
Folder.. option.
2) After the Create Folder
dialog is displayed, type the new folder name
Spam in the Folder
Name: space.
3) Select OK
4) From the OE main menu, select
the Tools->>Message
Rules->>Mail option.
5) In the Message Rules
dialog, select the New...
button on the upper right.
6) in the New Mail Rule
dialog, select the following:
Where the subject line
contains specific words.
Copy it to the specified folder.
7) Click on the blue link at the bottom named contains
specific words and a Type
specific Words dialog
will be displayed.
9) Enter the text ***SPAM
where it asks to type specific words and press the
Add
button on the upper right..
10 ) Click the OK
button.
11) Click on the second blue link at the bottom named
specified.
12) Select the Spam
folder created in step one or create a new one where
you want your spam to be sent.
13) Press OK
to close the Copy dialog.
14) Press the OK
button to close the New
Mail Rule dialog.
15) If you want to filter the current messages in
your inbox, press the
Apply Now.. button on
the Message Rules dialog.
16) Press the OK
button to close the Message
Rules dialog
Mail that is flagged as spam will now be sent to your
Spam folder in OE. While you can modify the rule to
immediately delete these messages, we recommend that
you store them to a temporary folder. While our spam
filter is very accurate, any filter may flag a good
message by mistake. By copying spam messages to a
temporary folder, they can be recovered if a message
is mistakenly marked as spam.