Why do I get so much Spam?
There are many reasons that all of us get spam, some more than others. The main reasons are:
-You use your email shopping on-line.
-You have received a electronic greeting card from someone from a questionable site.
-You have posted a message on a forum.
-Someone's computer you have emailed to had a virus and sent out your email address to thousands of infected computers.
-You clicked on a "remove my name" from the list of a phising email and therefor verified your email address as a valid address to spam.
Their are hundreds if not thousands of reasons why we get spam. These are just a few of them.
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How do I delete messages marked as spam?
Spam Filtering -- Automatically Deleting Spam.
Spam is now flagged as "*****SPAM*****" in the subject line. All you need to do is create a message rule to either automatically delete it or place it in a "spam" folder were you can view at it at your convenience (see making message rules below).
Setting up Message Mail Rules.
The following describes how to setup a mail/message rule in Outlook Express* to automatically delete email marked as SPAM by our anti-spam program.
~ Start Outlook Express.
~ Click on "Tools", then "Message", then "Mail".
~ The "Message Rules" dialog box should be displayed.
~ Click the "New" button. The "New Massage Rules" dialog box will open.
~ In the item "1. Select the conditions for your rule." section, place a checkmark in the "Where the subject line contains specific words" box.
~ In the item "2. Select the actions for the rule" section, click (put) a checkmark in the "Delete it" box. Note: here is were you can send the spam to a specific folder if you wish. A word of caution, do NOT select "Do not download it from the server", if you do your mailbox will become full and you will be unable to receive email.
~ In the item "3. Rule Description" section you will notice a highlighted link: "contains specific words", click on it.
~ A "Type specific words" dialog box will open. Type in the top box the word "*****SPAM*****" [that is five asterisks before and after the word SPAM, no spaces] (without the quotation marks) then click on the "ADD" button. The word "SPAM" will now be in the lower box under "Where subject line contains".
~ Click on "OK", the dialog box will close.
~ Click on "OK" on the "Message Rules" dialog box, the box should close.
That's it. All email that comes in flagged with "SPAM" in the subject line will automatically be deleted from this point on. If you want to look at the deleted SPAM email just go into your "Deleted Items" folder. Email previously received with the SPAM flag will be unaffected.
For further information on using Outlook Express* functions please use the "Help" system in the program or contact the software manufacturer. We do not supply free technical support for this issue, other than this article.
If you use any other program for email, please use that programs help system for instructions on how to setup mail rules. Some programs do not have such filters or rules.
* Outlook Express is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
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