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You
can filter Spam mail using different approaches,
one identifying from the header while
the other directly filters according to the subject line
of incoming e-mails. Instructions for both
has been included in this guide.
1.
Start Outlook Express 6
2. Launch
the "New Mail Rule" window
by clicking the "Tool" Menu.
Choose "Message Rules",
and then choose "Mail" to
launch the "New Mail Rule" window.
3.
Set the "Conditions", "Actions" settings
Header
Filtering: To filter e-mail from a specific
sender, check the box beside "Where the From
line contains people" and "Move it to
the specified folder" in the "New Mail
Rule" window
OR Subject Filtering: To
filter e-mail which contains specific words in
the subject line, check the box beside "Where
the Subject line contains people" and "Move
it to the specified folder" in the "New
Mail Rule" window
4.
Define "Where the From line contains
people"
Click
the phrase "contains people", then the "Select
People" window will come out.
The
box "3. Rule Description" shows the conditions
and actions you have just selected:
5. Header
Filtering: Type the specific sender
e-mail address in the text box provided (e.g.
xxx@yahoo.com, then all mail from xxx@yahoo.com
will be moved to the specified folder)
OR Subject Filtering: Type
the specific text to be identified in the
Subject in the text box provided (i.e. [SPAM-ITSC]
if you want all emails identified as Spam
by SFS to be moved to the specified folder)
6.
Click "Add", and then click "OK" to
confirm the e-mail address to be filtered.
7.
Click the word "specified".
8.
Select a folder for "Move the item(s)
to the selected folder"
Select
the folder for collecting unwanted e-mail, e.g.
the "Deleted Items" folder.
Select
the "Deleted Items" Folder:
9.
Save the rule
When
all the above items are ready, Click "OK".
10.
The enable check box
The
checkbox next to the filter name indicates whether
a rule has been enabled or not.
By
checking the box, the specific rule will be enabled
as "New Mail Rule #1" below:
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