Configuring Spam Filters

The user must follow several instructions in order to configure spam filters. Spam filter is a software program designed to block unwanted e-mail messages from entering your inbox. Based upon the type and configuration technique used, spam filters handle e-mails. Some filtering solutions send the e-mail to the inbox. Some of them redirect the spam message and deliver it to some other place. There are some spam filters that delete the entire message.

Below are some instructions to configure spam filters for Microsoft Outlook.

To begin, open Outlook and select View, then click Folder List from the main menu.

From the folders list, right click on Outlook Today and select New Folder from the menu.

A new window will open, create new folder named SPAM. After that specify Mail Items and select Personal Folders.

Click OK

You will be prompted to add a link to your new SPAM folder in your Outlook Bar.

From the main menu select Tools > Rules Wizard. You will see the rules for handling supposed spam messages.

Click New.

Select 'Check messages when they arrive' and checkmark the link with specific words.

In the Add new box, specify the name SPAM, as mentioned above.

Click Ok, and then click the button Next.

You must checkmark the box and mention the specified folder. After that, select the newly created SPAM folder. Checkmark 'stop processing more rules' in the box. You can also configure your additional rules and attach priority to them.

Finally click OK, now the unwanted e-mail messages will be automatically stored in the folder SPAM. Before deleting the messages, check whether these e-mail messages are valid or not.

Some instructions for configuring spam filters in Eudora (Windows) Start Eudora, and then select New. Specify Filtered Spam for the new mail box. From the main menu click Tools > Filters. Click the button New, and configure a spam filter. Eudora verifies whether the text Spam occurs in the subject line of the incoming mail. When the filter matches a message, the mail will be placed to the Filtered Spam mail box.

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