SPAM Filter Setup Procedures

 Outlook  98, 2000, 2002 - Rules Wizard

Outlook allows you to control the destination of incoming email based on several different user defined criteria which are implemented in the "Rules Wizard". One of these "Rules" takes all  messages with a certain word or words in the subject line and sends them to a specified folder. You can use this rule to take all messages with [SPAM?] in the subject line and send them to a SPAM folder that you create. This will help keep your Inbox less cluttered with unwanted email. You can check your SPAM folder once a day or so to quickly see if there are any emails of interest to you. Then you can clean out this folder by deleting all the emails.

Using the Rules Wizard to set up a SPAM Filter

1. Open up Outlook. At the top, click on Tools then Rules Wizard as shown below (Note: If you do not see "Rules Wizard" click on the double down arrow    to view more selections.) 

2. Click on New on the right. Select "Start from a blank rule" and then highlight "Check messages when they arrive". (Note: Outlook 98 users do not have to select "Start from a blank rule".) See below:

Click on Next.

3. Under "Which condition(s) do you want to check?" put a check mark on "with specific words in the subject". Down below under "Rule description" click on "specific words". See below:

4. In the box below "Specify words..." type in :  [SPAM?] as shown below:

Click on Add at the right, then click on OK. Click on Next.

5. Under "What do you want to do with the message?" put a check on "move it to a specified folder". Down below under "Rule description" click on the word "specified" in the phrase "move it to the specified folder".

6. Highlight Personal Folders, then click on New on the right. Type in SPAM or Junk Mail. Ensure that Personal Folders is highlighted under "Select where to place the folder:" See below. Click on OK.

Click on "Yes" when it asks if you want to create a shortcut to this folder. Click on OK, then click on Finish. Click on OK to exit the Rules Wizard.