The client antispam and server antispam don't work together, many antispam stillcome through although clearly spam, blocking a whole domain is very cumbersome (whereas many spammers use the same domain), etc. I think it's absurd that MS was not capable of creating a decent antispam filter for end users. Most provide either a POP proxy to run on your machine or a separate mailbox to cleanse your mail: Spam-prevention services and tools that aren't specifically related to Outlook. Or, get a third-party program to go through your mail before you let Outlook touch it. If you are bothered mainly by messages sent to you in foreign languages, see Foreign spam removal -for suggested characters to use in a Rules Wizard rule.
#MICROSOFT SPAM FILTER ENDING WINDOWS#
Works with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail (POP3) and Thunderbird Can handle any type of Outlook account - POP, IMAP, Exchange, Hotmail. Open source anti-spam add-in.Īnti-spam tool based on peer reporting, blacklist, and whitelist techniques. The system then uses these clues to examine new messages. For example different words, differences in the mailer headers and content style.
SpamBayes will then analyze the piles for clues as to what makes the spam and ham different. Essentially, you show SpamBayes a pile of email that you like (ham) and a pile you don't like (spam). First SpamBayes must be trained by each user to identify spam and ham. SpamBayes attempts to classify incoming email messages as 'spam', 'ham' (good, non-spam email) or 'unsure'. Also blocks potentially dangerous attachments. Automatically bounces known spam messages back to the sender as if your address didn't exist.
I find that this rule works more reliably than rules created with the sent directly to me or where my name is in conditions.Īnti-spam tool using Bayesian filters, whitelist, blacklist, and challenge queries. I have also put these addresses in Contacts. The next rule handles mail sent to any of my own personal e-mail addresses (e.g. Whenever you join a new list, add its To or From address, as appropriate, to one of the above two rules. To people or distribution list (select distribution list addresses from the address book)
Rule #2 - Pre-Junk TO: Use people or distribution list condition or the in address book condition. You really only need the " stop processing" action using the "move" action is optional in modern versions of Outlook.Īpply this rule after the message arrivesįrom people or distribution list (select distribution list addresses from the address book) Depending on the number of entries in that address book, this condition might skip some messages if you receive a lot of mail. When you use the " sender is in address book" condition, Outlook will look up the address in the address book you specify. Can use people or distribution list condition or use the in address book condition to apply to all addresses in a contacts folder. Items sent to or from other lists are caught by these two rules and retained in the Inbox: I have some separate rules to move messages from a few specific distribution lists into their own folders. (You could also add to the Personal Address Book if you have it in your profile.) This step is crucial to gathering all the addresses for distribution lists into my first two anti-junkmail rules. Then, I right-click and choose Add to Contacts to add the address to my Contacts folder.
When I receive the first message from any new mailing list that I've subscribed to, I examine the header to figure out whether the From or To address is the one that distinguishes the distribution list it's usually easy to tell. Some lists work better with a "from people or distribution list" rule, while others are best handled with a "sent to people or distribution list" rule. These rules are mostly designed to handle mailing lists that I've subscribed to. The last four rules in my Rules Wizard list work together to make sure that undesired messages not sent directly to me are diverted to a Junkmail folder.