Can I add a header to cause Outlook to label a msg Junk?

[Guest]

I administer my organization's external mail filter. To prevent
auto-deleting false positives, we have been quarantining non-RBL-blocked spam
and manually reviewing the quarantines every day (very time consuming). Our
filter employs a server-side end-user quarantine feature but that has its own
authentication passwords. Some users who use that feature say it is no
better than reviewing it on the client side. I agree; so I want to forward
those messages to their Junk E-mail folder where they can review their
messages themselves. I know I can have my filter add a header and create an
Outlook rule to put messages with that header in the Junk E-mail folder.
However, I do not want to go around to everyone's computer to create that
client-side rule. I also want the user to take advantage of the other Junk
mail features (Safe Senders List, etc.). Is there a specific header or a
word/phrase I can add to a header to automatically cause Outlook to consider
the message junk (without using vulgar or inappropriate words)?

 

[280Z28]

Have you tried SpamAssassin? It is by far the best solution I've used.
Outlook detects as junk all messages that have been flagged as spam by the
server running SpamAssassin.

Alternately, you can try adding these headers, but I can't guarantee
successful detection. Both are set by SpamAssassin when a message is
detected as Spam.

X-Spam-Flag: YES
X-Spam-Status: Yes

 

[Brian Tillman]

I know I can have my filter add a header and create an
Outlook rule to put messages with that header in the Junk E-mail
folder. However, I do not want to go around to everyone's computer to
create that client-side rule. I also want the user to take advantage
of the other Junk mail features (Safe Senders List, etc.). Is there
a specific header or a word/phrase I can add to a header to
automatically cause Outlook to consider the message junk (without
using vulgar or inappropriate words)?

I doubt it.

 

[Guest]

Tried adding the headers as shown, but Outlook didn't label as junk. So SA
must be adding something else to trigger the msg or Microsoft's SmartScreen
is categorzing the msg the same as SA (hmmm...).

 

[280Z28]

Have you tried creating a rule programmatically? I would try:

1) See if you can launch outlook from a startup program, add the rule, and
then remove the item from your startup list
2) See if you can remotely install an Outlook add-in or macro that runs at
startup (or when the store is loaded) that adds the rule if it doesn't
exist.
3) Combine the above by making a startup installer without a GUI that
silently installs an Outlook plugin that performs the task listed in option
2. If the above don't work out, this one is sure to.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info, but I'm not an Outlook programmer. This might be
slightly off topic since it's more of an Exchange IMF v2 question. One way
to solve this dilema is to somehow edit IMF's assigned SCL based on the
presence (or value) of my custom X-header. I know IMF can do custom
weighting of the SCL based on subject and body, but not header. I don't want
to have my filter modify the subject or body as I want this to be transparent
to the user. For $300 (unlimited users) IMF Tune (windeveloper.com) can do
what I need (and more), but IF there's a solution that's not too hard to
implement, I'd like to go with one that saves me time and $ (wouldn't
everyone). Just trying to tap the collective brain to see if such a thing
exists.

 

[280Z28]

I am, email me directly if you're interested in me writing it for you.

Sam