Using the Spam Filtering Service With MS Outlook - Exact Step by Step Procedure

Following is the exact step by step procedure for using the spam filtering service with Microsoft Outlook to block spam emails entering your email:

1. Start Outlook Rules Wizard from start menu by clicking Tools and Rules Wizard. If you are using this wizard for first time it will first display the pop-up message.

2. Select the mail server inbox that you use and click on the new button. You will see a new pop-up window. Now click on the radio button next to 'Start from a blank rule' and highlight 'Check messages when they arrive' from the box below. Click Next button.

3. In the next window you will define the rules for filtering the messages. This window asks you the conditions under which you want spam filter to check the messages. Click and check the box that says 'with specific words in the messages header'. Now click on the next button below.

4. You will notice that the rule description text box on the lower part of window is changed. To use the tags from filtering service to identify spam messages use this: x-Perlmx-Spam:Guage=XXXXXXXXXX. Enter this in the text box and lick on the Add button.

5. Now here you will specify the follow up action on spam mails. Check the box next to 'move it to the specified folder'. Then click on the 'specified' folder active link. Choose the folder where you want to dump junk emails. You can give whatever name you want to the folder. Junk or Spam are the appropriate words for such folder. Click on the next button.

6. Here you can give further exceptions. Once you are comfortable with the exceptions click on the finish button. You can test your rule by sending messages to your email with the filtering text in the message header.

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