Spam
Filter Setup Guide for Microsoft Outlook
The following guide will show you how to setup
the spam and virus filter for the Microsoft Outlook email program.
Your requirements dealing with Spam may vary to what is illustrated
here.
Setup Guides also available for Microsoft
Outlook Express, Eudora, MacOS
& Webmail.
Open Microsoft Outlook and
click on Tools --> Rules Wizard...
You will be presented with
the Rules Wizard dialog box. Click the 'New...' button in the
top right-hand corner.
Select 'Check messages when
they arrive' (the first option) and click the 'Next >' button.
Tick the 'with specific words
in the subject' condition in the top select field. In the 'Rule
Description' field click on 'specific words' to bring up a new
dialog.
In the Search Text dialog
enter 'Spam Score sssss' in the 'Add new:' input field. (Note:
number of 's' characters refers to the Spam score threshold.
The more 's' characters the higher the severity of the email
being considered Spam. Refer to the above Spam scoring table.)
Click the 'Add' button and click 'OK'.
Click the 'Next >' button.
Tick 'move it to the specified
folder' to in the top select box. Click on 'specified' in the
bottom select box to bring up a new dialog box.
Create a new mail folder
by clicking on the 'New...' button.
Enter a name for your email
folder in the 'Name:' field and click 'OK'.
Click the 'Next >' button.
Click 'Next >' again.
Tick the 'Run this rule now...'
tickbox if you have mail that needs to be filtered in you inbox
and click finish.
All done.
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