Spam! You have probably heard the word many times associated with something evil and sinister. Spam is unwanted e-mail. You could receive some e-mail spam in your Inbox that you never requested. You could receive e-mail spam from someone you don't even know. Some "Spammers" send out 1000's upon 1000's of emails as a type of free advertising. Some users receive 10-100 or even more of these emails a day with subjects ranging from pyramid, get rich quick schemes to howto lose weight. Some of these offers are fraudulent. The vast majority of spam that is received is sent without the actual email address in the email header. This makes it somewhat easy to "filter". Filtering is an option that creates rules for the messages coming into your Inbox. Using these rules you can filter, or reduce the amount of spam that ends up in you're mailbox. Creating the following rules you can have all mail you receive transferred into a spam folder that you create, then filter out the mail that is addressed to you and move that into your mail folder. Easy step by step instructions are as followed below.
Instructions for Microsoft Outlook.
1) Once outlook express is opened up you will want to click on 'Tools' then 'Message Rules', then 'mail' as shown in the picture.
2) The Message Rules box should come up, Next you will want to click on the 'New' Button to create a new message rule.
3) Next under "1. Select the Conditions for your rule:" you will want to select the option "For all messages". Then under "@. Select the Actions for your rule:", select the "Move it to the specified folder" option. Then under "3. Rule Description (click on an underlined value to edit it):" you should have the option "Move it to the specified folder", with specified blue and linked. Click on "specified".
4) Next you will want to click the "Inbox" folder once and then click the "New Folder" button to create a folder within the Inbox folder. Then when you are prompted to enter a name for the folder, you may name is "spam" then click "ok".
5) Your directory structure should now look like the one pictured here, then double click the spam folder you just created. After double clicking the folder you should be back at the message rule menu.
6) Next under "4. Name of the rule", you can name this rule to move_all_mail_to_spam_folder, then click "ok".
7) Now that you have created the first message rule you must create the next rule which will filter out your email. Click on the "New" button again to begin creating the 2nd rule.
8) Next under "1. Select the Conditions for your rule:", check the options "Where the To or CC line contains people" . Next under "2. Select the Actions for your rule:", check "Move it to the specified folder". After those options are checked click on the "contains people" link under "3. Under Descriptions (click on a underlined value to edit it):".
9) Next fill in your email address or multiple addresses in the box then click the "Add" button, Then click "ok".
10) Next click on the "specified" link under "3. Rule Description (click on an underlined value to edit it):". Then click on inbox to highlight it and click on "New Folder". Enter a name for the folder that your mail will filter in, perhaps the email account name, then click "ok". Then double click the folder name you just created, which in return will take you back to the message rule box.
11) You will then want to name this rule then click ok the "ok" button to take you back to the main message rules menu. Next if your "move_all_mail_to_spam_folder" rule is not at the very top click on it once then click the "move up" button until it is at the very top. Lastly click "ok" which will take you back to the main Outlook Express screen.
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