Spam, or Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail is a growing problem for all Internet users.  Blocking the known marketers is the best tool we have against Spam at this time.  However, from time to time Spam will leak through.  The best way to manage Spam in cases like this is for each user to take steps to protect themselves.

Purpose of this FAQ:  To teach users of Outlook Express for Windows how to filter their mail to eliminate messages they do not want based on key words that the individual user finds objectionable.

MICORSOFT OUTLOOK EXPRESS™

Step 1

Open Outlook Express and from the top menu bar select Tools, Message Rules, and Mail with your left mouse button.

Step 2

If you do not currently have any mail rules created the New Mail rule dialogue box will appear.  If you already have one or more mail rules in place you will get a window with a summary of those rules.  If you get the summary, click on New and you will see the window shown below.




In section 1 put a check mark next to "Where the message body contains specific words".
In section 2 put a check mark next to "Delete it".
in section 4 delete what is there and type in your own name for this rule.

Step 3

In section 3, click on contains specific words your left mouse button. 

Step 4

On this screen you will be asked to specify which words to block.  


Type in the word you want blocked in the top line and click Add.
You will not need to go into the Options on this screen because the default settings are correct to block mail containing the word you specify here.
After entering the word or words you want on this screen click OK.

Special Note:  Keep in mind that this rule will be triggered only when all the conditions you specify are met.  For example, if you wanted to block mail messages with the words red, blue, or green and you added all three words to this window, the only mail that would be blocked would be those messages containing all three of the words.  Mail with any one or two of them would still get past the filter.  To block multiple words its usually better to create a separate rule for each word; red, blue, and green.

Step 5

Section 3 of the mail rule will now contain the word you added on the previous screen.

Click OK to continue.

Step 6

A summary of the Mail Rule will be displayed on the Mail rule tap of the Message Rules window.

If you are finished, click OK.
If you would like to add another rule click on the “New” button and follow the FAQ again from the top.

Eudora Light™

In Eudora Light you can filter e-mail messages from certain senders.

1. From the menu, choose Tools > Filters

2. Click New to create a new filter. (Select an existing filter to edit it.)

3. In the Match section of the Filters dialog box, choose if you want to filter incoming or outgoing mail (or both). For blocking Spam, check Incoming. Then, you need to choose Special > Filter Messages to apply the filter.

4. From the Header drop-down list, choose the e-mail message header that you want to match. To block Spam, choose “From.”

5. From the next drop-down list, which reads, "contains" by default, choose an option. “Contains” is probably the most common choice.

6. In the text box to the right, enter the text you want to filter. For example, if you want to filter e-mails that come from anybody@make$$$.com, you would use the "contains" option and type make$$$.com. Then the filter would affect any e-mails that contain "make$$$.com" in the “From” header.

7. In the Actions section of the dialog box, choose one of the actions from the drop-down list. You can use the “Transfer To” option. On the right, click the button (it probably says In by default). You can then choose from your mailboxes. For example, you could choose Trash. (You can make a special mailbox called Spam for this purpose.)

8. Click the Close box of the Filters dialog box and click Yes/Save to save the filter