Filtering Spam / Junk mail in Eudora/ MS Outlook Express/ MS Outlook.

Filtering Junk mail in Eudora:

Step 1 : Open Eudora à Click Tools à then Filters

Step 2 : Click New à After Header , click Subject à After Contains , type JUNKMAIL

Step 3 : Under Action, click on Transfer to à Click on In and click New

à Type JUNKMAIL in the box

•  Click OK

•  Close Filters

Now all the mail that is tagged with our program containing the subject "JUNKMAIL" will automatically go to that box.

Filtering Junk mail in MS Outlook Express:

1. Start Outlook Express.
2. On the Tools menu, click Message Rules and then Mail .
3. Click New .
4. Create a new mail rule as follows:
• Under step 1, Conditions, check the box for Where the Subject line contains specific words .
• Under step 2, Actions, check the box for Move it to the specified folder .
• Under step 3, Rule Description, click the link for contains specific words .
5. When prompted for a specific word or phrase, type “JUNKMAIL” and then click Add . Click OK to close the dialog box.
6. Under step 3, Rule Description, click the link for specified folder.
7. Click the New Folder button. Type Junkmail for the folder name and then click OK . Click OK again to close the Move dialog box.
8. Click Apply Now . Click OK
9. The Message Rules dialog box will be displayed.
• If you have multiple rules, you will probably want the spam rule to be applied first. Rules are applied according to their order from top to bottom. Select the spam rule and then click the Move Up button to move this rule to the top of the list.
• If you only want to apply this rule to new messages, click OK to close the dialog box.
• If you want to apply the rule to currently download messages, check the box for the spam rule and click Apply Now.
10. Click Apply Now . Click Close

Filtering Junk mail in MS Outlook:

1. To create a new folder, right-click in Outlook's Folder List pane, select New Folder , and specify the folder name ("Filtered Spam") and location. To automatically delete the contents of the Filtered Spam folder, right-click the name and select Properties . On the Auto Archive tab, check "Clean out items...", and specify the desired deletion frequency. Select "Permanently delete old items".
2. Microsoft Outlook uses the term " Rules " to denote filters. To configure rules, select Tools | Rules Wizard , and click " New ".
3. From the rule type list box at the top of the dialog, select " Check messages when they arrive ". Click " Next ".
4. In the conditions list box at the top of the dialog, select " with specific words in the subject ". In the Rule description field, click " specific words ". Enter [JUNKMAIL: in the Search Text dialog. Click " Next ".
5. Select " move it to the specified folder " when prompted for the action. Click " specified " (folder), and select " Filtered Spam " as the destination folder. Click " Next ".
6. Click " Next " to bypass the exceptions dialog.
7. Provide a name for the new rule and check " Turn on this rule ". Click " Finish ".
8. If more than one rule is configured for the mail client, ensure that the PerlMx Spam rule is being applied first. Click " Run Now " to apply the new rule to messages in the Inbox.

Help fight the junk email:

• If you get an e-mail message and you do not know who the sender is — DELETE it. Although most junk email is only junk, an email message could contain a virus.
• Never reply to any junk email message. Do not try to unsubscribe, or click on any link in a junk email message. Upon doing so, it will only confirm to the mailer that your email address is valid. It may even cause you to receive more junk.
• If you send email to a large number of people, you should use the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field in the email. This hides their address/addresses.
• If you forward an email message, you should delete the addresses of previous recipients in the message.