DAILY JOURNAL
INTERNET CUSTOMERS: Potential
Spam Email is flagged with '*****SPAM*****' in the
subject line of your email. The body of the email
is the spam detection documentation. The original
email is placed as an attachment. If you choose to,
you can view the email in its original format by
opening the attachment. NOTE:
THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-VIRUS. ATTACHMENTS COULD CONTAIN
VIRUSES THAT CAN HARM YOUR COMPUTER. THE DAILY JOURNAL
HIGHLY RECOMMENDS HAVING UP-TO-DATE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER.
You can perform the following
steps to further separate/remove SPAM from your inbox.
Since the majority of our users use Outlook Express for
their email program, these instructions are for Outlook
Express.
1) Open Outlook Express. First,
you need to create a folder called "SPAM".
To do this, right click on "Local Folders" and
select "New Folder". (see figure 1)
Figure 1
2) A box will pop open. Type "SPAM" (without
the quotes) and click "OK". (see figure 2)
Figure 2
3) Now, you will create a
rule to place all email labeled with "*****SPAM*****" in
the spam folder you've just created (note: there are
5 asterisks in front and behind the word SPAM). This
will keep that spam from going in your inbox with your
legitimate email. Click Tools > Message Rules > Mail.
4) Click the "NEW" button.
Check the box that says "Where the Subject line
contains specific words" in the # 1 field (see fig.
3) and the box that says "Move it to the specified
folder" in the # 2 field. (both highlighted in yellow,
below)
Figure 3
5) In field # 3 click "contains
specific words". Type *****SPAM***** in the field
(see fig. 4) and click "Add". Then click "OK".
Figure 4
6) In field # 3 click the
word "specified" (see fig. 3, above). In the
window that opens, select the "SPAM" folder
that you created earlier and click "OK". (see
fig. 5)
Figure 5
7) Now, in field # 4 (see
fig. 3) type "spam rule" to name the rule that
you have just created. Now click "OK". That's
it! You're done. Now, any spam email will be placed in
the SPAM folder for you to delete at your convenience.
