- Open Outlook Express.
- Create a new folder called SPAM. Click on the File menu, navigate to the New menu item and click on Folder.
- Name the new folder SPAM.
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Now navigate to the Tools menu and click on the Rules option.
- This will bring up the Message Rules dialog box. Click on the New button.
- This will open the New Mail Rule dialog box. Type in SPAM for the rule name and under the If header click on the Add Criterion button. Then make sure the drop down menus say Subject and Contains and the input box says "*****SPAM*****".
- Under the Then header make sure the drop down menu says "Move message" and then choose the SPAM folder you created in step 2 and 3. The define Mail Rule dialog box should look like the following:
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Now click on the OK button and you're finished! You now have SPAM filters set up for your email account.
Note: Periodically check through the SPAM folder and delete the emails that are spam
and keep the ones that are not.
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