SUMMARY: How to configure Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 to prevent SPAM.

• Open Outlook Express, if not already.
• Select The Tools menu, and select Message Rules, and select Mail…
• In the new Message Rules window, click on New…
• In the first box(Conditions) Check the condition named Where the Subject contains specific words
• In the second box(Actions) Check Move it to the specified folder
• Below in the Third box (Description) click on contains specific words.
• In the Type Specific Words window click in the first box and type****SPAM*****(5 asterisks)
• Click Add, then click on OK.
• In the same window click on specified folder.
• Click the New Folder button, in the name field type SPAM or whatever you want your folder to be called
• Click OK, now make sure your new folder is selected, then click OK
• In the last box(Name) type a name for the rule like SPAM filter or something else descriptive, then click OK
• Click OK to close the Message Rules window.
• Your all done, check in your SPAM folder occasionally to make sure its working and also check for any email that you might have wanted.

Note: Occassionally you may also want to empty this folder.

SUMMARY: How to configure Microsoft Outlook 2000 to prevent SPAM.

• Open Outlook, if not already.
• Select the Tools menu, and select Rules Wizard…
• In the new Rules Wizard screen, click on New…
• Make sure Check messages when they arrive is selected, then click>Next >
• Check the condition named with specific words in the subject.
• In the new Search Text window click in the Add new: box and type*****SPAM*****
• Click Add, then click on OK .
• Click Next > in the Rules wizard window.
• Check the action called move it to the specified folder.
• Below in the Rule Discription window click on specified.
• Click the New… button, in the name field type SPAM or whatever you want your folder to be called
• Click OK, now make sure your new folder is selected, then click OK
• Click Next >, and click Next > again, as we have no exceptions
• Now it should be asking for a name for our filter, type spam filter or something desciptive, then click Finish.
• Click OK to close the Rules Wizard window.
• Your all done, check in your SPAM folder occasionally to make sure its working and also check for any email that you might have wanted.

Note: Occassionally you may also want to empty this folder.
It might also be better to check for the X-Spam-Flag in the header instead of the Subject: *****SPAM… To do this use the condition called with specific words in the message header and use X-Spam-Flag: YES as the search text.