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[council] outlook express filters for objectionable e-mail
happy holidays everyone
i recognize that there are many of you who have extensive experience with
programming and to those of you this may be a meaningless endeavor, but... many
of us need some help to try to filter out objectionable e-mail (especially
"spoofed" e-mail).
i have com upon a method which works remarkably well. it is based on the
assumption that the person sending the mail (i.e. baptista or jeff williams)
normally identifies themselves in the body of the letter. here is what i
do .....
start by creating a new folder in your inbox (using the
commands under the "file -new-folder"... call it garbage
1. click on "tools" in your menu bar at the top
2. click on message rules - mail
3. click on "new" in the mail area and create a rule whereby in the body of
the message contains "baptista" then move it to the specified folder and specify
the folder to be the "garbage folder". i recommend using garbage rather than
deleting the message immediately.
click on the ok button when finished
from now on whenever a message which has the name babtista or williams in
the body of the message comes in it will automatically be forwarded to the
garbage folder which you can review & clean up at your pleasure.
please remember that this rule will filter out any message with those names
in them so that is why i suggested putting them in a garbage folder rather than
outright deleting them. you can make the string more specific in item #3 above
by specifying "joe babtista" rather than just babtista or "jeff williams" rather
than williams.
please understand that this rule on works with e-mail whereby the name
is identified in the body of the message. also remember that ANY message which
has anywhere in the body the string of text you specified will be treated the
same way (hence the use of the garbage folder to deal with inadvertent
filtering)
this filter will work for all lists that you subscribe to and
should take a bit of a burden off reading meaningless "spoofs"
hope these instructions are not too convoluted ...
best wishes for a happy holiday season to you all
ken stubbs