Icon envelop

[Guest]

I have Outlook 2003 Very often iI get messages with only the envelop icon. I
am concern that such messages might be important from my patients. Please
help me to identify them

 

[Chuck Davis]

I have Outlook 2003 Very often iI get messages with only the envelop icon.
I
am concern that such messages might be important from my patients. Please
help me to identify them

They are SPAM. Have your parents send you a message and note the
differences.

 

[Guest]

They are SPAM. Have your parents send you a message and note the
differences.

Chuch Thanks for the reply. What should I do with these SPAMS? What do you recommend to do in the future to avoid them?

 

[Guest]

My parents are dead Please have some respect with your answers

 

[Brian Tillman]

They are SPAM. Have your parents send you a message and note the
differences.

The OP said "patients", not "parents", but you're still correct that they
blank messages likely SPAM.

 

[Brian Tillman]

My parents are dead Please have some respect with your answers

He just misread the word "patients" as "parents" in your message. I'm sure
he intended no disrespect.

 

[Guest]

Brian thanks for the reply. You should not apologize in his behalf.

Now if you say such icons are spam what should I do ti avoid them?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Brian thanks for the reply. You should not apologize in his behalf.

Now if you say such icons are spam what should I do ti avoid them?

I'm assuming your describing messages that contain nothing - no From, no To,
no body, no subject. If this is true, you can create a rule that deletes
all incoming mail and add to it an exception of "except with specific words
in the subect or body" and make those "specific" words the letters "a", "e",
"i", "o", "u", or "y". That way, all messages that do not contain at least
one legitimate English word in either the subject or the body will be
deleted as they arrive.

 

[Guest]

Brian thanks for the reply.
Your instructions are very complicate for me as a beguinner. If you can
teach me step by step fine otherwise let's forget it.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Your instructions are very complicate for me as a beguinner. If you
can teach me step by step fine otherwise let's forget it.

Tools>Rules and Alerts>New Rule>Start from a blank rule>Next>Next. When
Outlook says "This rule will be applied to every message you receive. It
this correct?", click Yes. Select "delete it" and "stop processing more
rules" and click Next. Select "except if the subject or body contains
specific words". Click "specific words" in the lower pane. In the "Specify
words or phrases to search for in the subject or body" field, enter "a"
(without the quotes) and click Add. Enter "e" and click Add. Repeat for
the other vowels and "y". Click OK. Click Next. Give your rule a name in
the "Step 1" field and click FInish.