Anyone know how to add more words to the Junk and Adult Email Filters

[Ann]

Microsoft has a set of conditions and words that it
autmatically looks for when you have the Junk and Adult
Email filters set. They provide a file listing the
conditions Filters.txt that you can find in the Microsoft
Office/Office folder. Unfortunately, this list is rather
limited. The Filters.txt file is not read by the program
when it performs the searches so adding the additional
words/phrases/conditions, etc. to the .txt file is not the
solution. I would like to extend the list.

If I add all the words I need to, the rule becomes too
large for the Rules Wizzard and after the first message
comes in meeting any of the criteria in the rule, I start
getting the "Rules in Error" messages. These messages are
supposedly because my list of criteria is too long.

Does anyone know if there is a way for the user to add to
the Junk and Adult email filter conditions that Microsoft
has created?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

You can try the following page for some very good ideas:

http://www.slipstick.com/rules/junkmail.htm

Beyond that, if you're using Outlook 2002 or earlier, you'd probably be
happiest if you invest in a good anti-spam program such as IHateSpam or
MailWasher. Outlook 2003 has vastly improved spam filtering technology, so
you might also consider upgrading if possible.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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