Filtering Spam: Outlook
This page contains instruction on how to set the Outlook email client to filter your chemistry department email for spam.
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Instructions
1. Start Outlook. In the menu, click Tools then Rules Wizard...
2. Click New...
3. Select Start from a blank rule, and Check messages when they arrive. Click Next.
4. From the list, select with specific words in the message header. In the Rule description box below, click on the specific words link.
5. Type X-Spam-Score: and then the desired number of asterisks (e.g. *******).
Please Note: Messages that contain a large number of asterisks in their headers are classified by X-Spam-Score to be spam. The greater the number of asterisks, the more likely the message is spam.
Some messages that are spam may be labeled as non-spam and vice versa. If this happens, the number of asterisks in this section can be increased or decreased based on your preferences.
- If more asterisks are entered into this field, more messages will be delivered to your inbox.
- For example, if four (****) asterisks are entered, the filter will block all messages that have four (****) asterisks and above and place them in your junk folder. All message that have a X-Spam-Score of three (***) asterisks and lower will be delivered to your inbox.
6. Click Add and then OK.
7. Click Next.
8. From the list, select move it to the specified folder. In the Rule description box below, click on the specified folder link.
9. Name the folder Junk. Click Next.
10. Click Next again, and check the box next to Turn on this rule. Next, click finish.
11. Your email will now be filtered for spam. Junk mail will be placed in the Junk folder.