Another newbie on the net is getting spammed by bogus MSN
alerts and patches. One reply to her inquiry ended with
this recommendation:

"There's probably no way of blocking all of the bogus
messages, but you can greatly reduce the number you get
by creating a rule, based upon the most commonly used
subject lines, to delete the emails from the server
without ever downloading them." (Signed, Bruce Chambers)

I'm having this problem with my free MSN e-mail address,
on a Gateway, using XP. Do I have the software hidden
somewhere to write a "rule" such as what you describe?

Open Outlook Express and from the Toolbar select:
Help > Contents and Rules, type RULES in the find box,
click on LIST TOPICS, then click on "Create a rule for
mail messages".

You need to create a message rule that includes an "action"
to "delete it from the server".

Creating Message Rules in Outlook Express
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm


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Nicholas

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| Another newbie on the net is getting spammed by bogus MSN
| alerts and patches. One reply to her inquiry ended with
| this recommendation:
|
| "There's probably no way of blocking all of the bogus
| messages, but you can greatly reduce the number you get
| by creating a rule, based upon the most commonly used
| subject lines, to delete the emails from the server
| without ever downloading them." (Signed, Bruce Chambers)
|
| I'm having this problem with my free MSN e-mail address,
| on a Gateway, using XP. Do I have the software hidden
| somewhere to write a "rule" such as what you describe?
|