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The Outlook Express e-mail client can be configured to
recognize incoming e-mails that have ***SPAM*** in the subject line.
This marking is added by the Sentex SpamAssasin and suggests to Outlook Express that the content of the e-mail is
is SPAM.
To have Outlook Express transfer the suspected
SPAM e-mails to the folder "suspected_spam", follow these
instructions:
Procedure for configuration:
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Open Outlook Express and highlight the inbox (in the left folder tree) by clicking on it.
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Click on File then New and over to Folder. Click on Folder.
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Type in a name for the folder where
all the SPAM is going to be sent - Type
(without quotes) "suspected_spam" and click OK.
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Click on Tools, then scroll down to Message
Rules and over to Mail. Click on Mail
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(if you have previously created message rules you will see the Message Rules box - cilck on New)
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Place a check mark beside, Where the Subject line contains
specific words
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Place a check in the box beside, Move
it to the specified folder.
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Click on the link at the bottom of the screen -
where the subject line contains specific words.
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Type in (in UPPERCASE without quotes) "***SPAM***"
and click ADD then OK.
(To create the * on each side of
the word SPAM hold your Shift key down on your keyboard and press the
number 8 key.)
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Now click on the second link at the bottom that
says, move it to the specified folder.
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Select the suspected_spam folder, and click on OK
twice.
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Click OK, then click finished.
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All your
incoming mail with ***SPAM*** in the subject line will now be sent to
your suspected_spam folder.
To view the hidden e-mail headers do the following:
Open the message in it's own window (or when viewing the message in the
preview pane).
Press CTRL-F3 on the keyboard or
with the mouse, Click the "File"
menu then
"Properties" then
"Details" tab then "Message
Source"
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