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Creating Message Rules In Outlook Express

You can follow the steps below to have your incoming email sorted and delivered to a folder of your choice. You can have email sorted and delivered to these folders by senders name, email address, subject, etc.

First create a new folder in Outlook Express

1. Right click on "Local Folders" on the left side of Outlook Express.

2. Click "new folder".

3. Next it will ask for the folder name. We recommend creating a folder called "SPAM". This way you can create a message rule for any email TAGGED as SPAM to be sent to this new folder. Our Spam filter marks email that it thinks is Spam (according to a scoring system) as [SPAM] in the subject line .

Now create your Message Rule.

1. In Outlook Express click on the top menu bar option "messages"

2. Click "Create Rule From Message". This will open the New Mail Rule Window.

3. There are three steps in the New Mail Rule Window.

Step 1. Select the conditions for your Rule:
In this step put a checkmark by "Where the subject line contains specific words". Make sure nothing else has a check mark.
Step 2. Select the Actions for your Rule:
In this step put a checkmark by "Move to specific folder"
Step 3. Rule Description:
This window contains the Rule descriptions that you just choose. Click on the hyper link (contains specific words) and a window will open. Enter the word [SPAM] be sure to include the brackets. Then click OK. Next click on the hyper link (specified) and a window will open listing all of your folders in Outlook Express. Choose the SPAM folder that you created earlier. Than click OK.

Any email you receive with [SPAM] in the subject should now go to your SPAM folder. You can check this folder to see if any legitimate email might have gotten marked as SPAM and delivered there as there are many things that factor how an email message is scored. You can do the same for emails coming from family, friends, newsgroups, etc. and have sorted by their email address, name, or specific word. If you have any questions please contact our technical support for assistance.

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