Hi Becky,
Creating a mail rule in Outlook Express (OE) for what you want is easy
providing your Spam folder is in OE. Moving mail out of OE involves another
procedure. Go to Tools \ Message Rules \ Mail... and in the "Message Rules"
window, click "New" if you already have mail rules in effect. If not, it
will open to the "New Mail Rule" window. In the "New Mail Rule" window
select the Conditions (Where the message body contains specific words) and
Actions (Move it to the specified folder) you want.
Then in the bottom window, click the underlined value "contains specific
words" and you'll get a window to "Type Specific Words". Type a word and
click "Add". Repeat for as many words as you want, clicking "Add" after each
word. When finished adding words click "OK". Next click the underlined value
"specified" and you'll get a window to select the folder to move the
messages to. Select (click) the folder and click "OK". Click "OK" again and
"Apply Now" on the next two windows, then "Close" on the last window and
you're done.
In part, you stated "it will go elsewhere....not in my email! Under options
there is a choice for this but it is greyed out". Does this mean that your
Spam folder is some where other than in OE? It's also unclear which
"options" you are referring to.
If you had rather not download junk mail to begin with I suggest you check
out MailWasher: http://mailwasher.net. MailWasher checks your mail on the
server and you can safely preview your mail in text format. In a nutshell,
you can delete or bounce unwanted junk mail while it is still on the server
and only download the mail you want to OE.
Sven Swanson, Sr.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 10:22 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Using OE message rules
Like someone else who wrote I too have been receiving scum messages with no
sender or subject. I've been putting them in a spam folder manually without
opening them. I've received about 70 in 3 weeks. I did try to use a message
rule to block words in the body of the message. My problem is it seems I
can only pick one word at a time out for OE to find and I want to put in
several scummy words so if ANY of those words are in the message it will go
elsewhere....not in my email! Under options there is a choice for this but
it is greyed out and I don't know how to make it an active choice. Can
someone help? Thanks
Becky Buehrer
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