Jun 17 2007

How to Filter SpamAssassin Mails in Outlook

Filed under: Security » Spam,

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Setting Up Your Spam Filter

This is a two-part tutorial. If you are using Outlook Express please read our tutorial on How to Filter SpamAssassin Mails in Outlook Express; otherwise read on. If you have access to Cpanel and wish to configure SpamAssassin, read our tutorial on How to Configure SpamAssassin.

Tutorial Two: Outlook

If you're using Outlook let us know and we'll setup your filter to work with Outlook. Once you've done this, open Outlook and select Tools -> Rules and Alerts:

Next you'll want to specify a new rule:

This will bring you to the Rules Wizard window, where you'll want to select "Start creating a rule from a template," followed by "Move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder":

In the same window, click on specific words under "Step 2. Edit the rule description":

In the window that pops up, type the phrase "***SPAM***" and click "Add":

Once you've done this click on "OK." Next click on specified as in the window below:

That will popup the following window, where you'll want to click on "Junk E-mail" folder under "Personal Folders." Alternatively, click on "New..." to create a new junk mail folder:

Click "OK" once you've selected your junk mail folder. You're almost done. In the next window click on "Finish":

And in this last window click "OK":

Voila! All your mail flagged as spam will now be delivered into the junk mail folder you selected. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done

If you are still experiencing too much spam, ask us to increase the power of your filter. Conversely, if too many valid mails are ending up in your Junk Mail folder, ask us to lower the power of your filter.

Illustrated Outlook Tutorial

Submitted by a visitor from afar on Wed, 2009-05-13 03:13.

Thank you for the illustrated tutorial to help me filter junk in Outlook! I've been looking for images that actually make sense and correlate with my version of Outlook - this did the trick.

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How to Filter SpamAssassin Mails in Outlook

Setting Up Your Spam Filter

Tutorial Two: Outlook

Illustrated Outlook Tutorial