Spam Assassin Filters for Outlook Express 6 (PC, POP protocol only)
for Rice University
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Please
note:
Outlook Express cannot filter messages if you use the IMAP protocol to
check your e-mail. If you use IMAP, you will need to use the web-based
Spam Assassin filter. Go back to the Spam Assassin page and click on
the Webmail (TWIG or IMP) or Outlook
Express IMAP link. |
- Create a folder to hold the spam messages, with File, New, Folder. Give it a descriptive name
like Spam. Click OK.
- Open Tools, Message Rules, Mail. If you already have some mail
rules, you will be prompted to click New
to create a new mail rule. If this is your first mail rule,
skip directly to the next step.
- On the New Mail Rule
panel, check the checkboxes labeled: Where
the Subject line contains specific words and Move it to the specified folder. In
the Rule Description box,
click contains specific words.
Enter ***SPAM***, click Add, and click OK. Click specified folder, select your Spam folder, and click OK. Finally, type in a descriptive
name for your filter, like Spam
Filter. When finished, your New Mail Rule should look like this
one:
- If your mail rule looks like the one above, click OK to close the New Mail Rule box, then OK to close
the Message Rules box.
Periodically check your Spam folder
for unsolicted commercial messages, and delete them.
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