Outlook Express 6 Configuration for SpamAssassin

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If SpamAssassin is set up on your mail server (like mail.your-company-name.tld); you can set up your mail client to filter out spam messages, based on headers that SpamAssassin adds to each message.

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Outlook Express 6 Mail Client Configuration

IMPORTANT: Please keep in mind that non-spam messages could end up in this folder and spam messages could end up in your Inbox.

1. Launch Outlook Express

2. Click on Tools -> Message Rules -> Mail

   

3. Place a check next to Where the Subject Line contains specific words in section one and Move it to the specified folder in section two, then click on the text contains specific words located in section three.

   

4. Enter [POSSIBLE SPAM] (exactly as you see it here, case sensitive) in the text field and click on Add then click OK

   

5. Click on the word specified in section three

   

6. Left click (once) on Local Folders so it's highlighted, then click on New Folder

   

7. Enter in Spam as the folder name and click OK

   

8. Click OK again

   

9. Enter in Move Spam to folder for the rule name in section four and click OK

   

10. Confirm that the Spam Filter rule is in place, click OK

    

11. New (marked) messages will now be saved into the folder Spam. You can view these messages by opening (double-clicking) the folder called Spam.

    

IMPORTANT: Please keep in mind that non-spam messages could end up in this folder and spam messages could end up in your Inbox.

To help us improve the accuracy of the SPAM filter please keep all spam in the SPAM folder, if you have any mail that was incorrectly identified as SPAM please move it into the Inbox.

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