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Outlook Express

Step 1

Open Outlook Express. Click on the Tools pull-down menu, move your cursor down to Message Rules and then over to Mail. Click on Mail. 

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Step 2

Click on the box next to "Where the Subject line contains specific words".

Then click on the highlighted portion, "contains specific words," in the third section of the window called "Rule Description."

 

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Step 3

Type {SPAM?} into the box as shown.

Click the Add button and then the OK button.

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Now you can either move e-mail identified as spam to another mailbox (Steps 4 though 8) or just delete it (Steps 9 and 10).

 

Step 4

Click on the box next to "Move it to the specified folder."

Then click on the highlighted portion, "specified," in the third section of the window called Rule Description."

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Step 5

Click on Local Folders and make sure it is highlighted.

Click on the New Folder button.

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Step 6

Type SPAM? into the Folder Name box as shown.

Click on the OK button.

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Step 7

Almost done! See the new SPAM? mailbox?

Click the OK button.

 

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Step 8

Just click on the OK button and you're done!

 

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If you want to just delete all e-mail identified as possible spam, complete the steps below.

Step 9

Click on the box next to "Delete it."

Click on the OK button.

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Step 10

Click on the OK button and you're done!

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