Outlook Spam filtering

[David B]

Hello,

I use the "work with headers" function on Outlook as I don't have to
download spam emails onto my PC, I can just delete the header if I don't
recognise it.

The spam filters on Outlook only seem to apply to emails fully received into
Outlook and won't work with just headers alone.
Does anyone know if there is a way to get Outlook to treat the headers in
the same way so I can delete the headers as they arrive if they are spam?

TIA

David

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

outlook needs the full message body to scan it for spam content - it doesn't
scan mail on the server. Try mailwasher or another 3rd party utility that
can work directly with the server.

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[David B]

Thanks Diane,

That's what I thought was the case, but was hoping there was something out
there to allow it to auto delete the header if spam keywords etc (set by the
user) were picked up like you can do with the full emails.

I'll just have to stick to deleting the headers I guess, at least I haven't
then downloaded the actual mail.

Thanks for replying anyway

David

outlook needs the full message body to scan it for spam content - it doesn't
scan mail on the server. Try mailwasher or another 3rd party utility that
can work directly with the server.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

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Hello,

I use the "work with headers" function on Outlook as I don't have to
download spam emails onto my PC, I can just delete the header if I don't
recognise it.

The spam filters on Outlook only seem to apply to emails fully received
into
Outlook and won't work with just headers alone.
Does anyone know if there is a way to get Outlook to treat the headers in
the same way so I can delete the headers as they arrive if they are spam?

TIA

David