Blocking SPAM

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THIS INSTRUCTION WORKS ONLY FOR Microsoft Outlook Express

1. To block messages from a sender or domain:

You can block messages from a particular sender or domain. The domain is the name following the @ symbol in an e-mail address. This will block all further email from this sender. This method works after you have received the first SPAM email message to block further email messages from that person/company. Unfortunately, this method will not block the initial email message.

When you block a sender or domain, no e-mail from that sender or domain will arrive in your Inbox. E-mail from blocked senders goes directly into your ' Deleted Items' folder.

From your e-mail Inbox, select a message from a sender you want to block.

On the Message menu, click Block Sender.

Deleted Messages

To restore a deleted message, open the Deleted Items folder, and then drag the message back to the Inbox or other folder.
If you don't want messages to be saved in the Deleted Items folder when you quit Outlook Express, click the Tools menu, and then click Options. On the Maintenance tab, select the check box labelled Empty messages from the 'Deleted Items' folder on exit.

Notes

Blocking a sender applies to standard POP mail only. It does not apply to HTTP mail (Hotmail) or IMAP messages.

To remove a name from the Blocked Senders list, click the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click Blocked Senders List.

2. To create a rule for mail messages:

I like to make 'RULES' for email messages. In this way, the email message will automatically go directly into the 'Deleted Items' folder upon arrival. For example, you can make 'rules' that will automatically delete any email that contains the word 'sex' or pornographic' or 'buy now' in the 'Subject Line'.

1. On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, click Mail, and then click on the New button.

Note: Message rules cannot be created for IMAP or HTTP mail accounts.

2. Select the conditions for your rule by selecting the desired check boxes in the Conditions section. (For example, click on the check box beside 'Where the Subject line contains specific words.')

You can specify multiple conditions for a single rule by clicking more than one check box. Click the and hyperlink in the Rule Description section to specify whether all of the rule conditions must be met before the specified action occurs (and) or whether at least one must be met (or).

3. Select the actions for your rule by selecting the desired check boxes in the Actions section. (For example, click the check box beside 'Delete it'.)

4. Click the underlined hyperlinks in the Rule Description section to specify the conditions or actions for your rule.

For example, click contains specific words in the Rule Description section to specify the words you'd like Outlook Express to look for in messages. You can enter multiple words per condition. For example, you can type the word 'sex' in the top field, click the ADD button and then enter another word (or phrase) such as 'buy now', and again click the ADD button, and then click the OK button.

5. In the Name of the rule box, select the default name, type a new name for your rule, and then click OK.

Notes

You can create a rule from a message by selecting a mail message in the main window and then on the Message menu clicking Create Rule from Message. This helps by automatically filling in the name of the person on the From line; no other information from the message, however, is entered into the rule.