Mail Rules

[Tony]

I have recently been deluged with emails marked "Delivery Status
Notification" or similar (maybe 20-30 a day).

Is it possible to create a rule in outlook which deletes all mails apart
from those addressed to specific addresses (e.g. [email protected] and [email protected])?

Also can this same rule be used in OE as I use that at home?

Thank you

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I have recently been deluged with emails marked "Delivery Status
Notification" or similar (maybe 20-30 a day).

Are these DSNs for messages you yourself tried to send, or are they perhaps
the result of some spammer or virus spoofing your e-mail address as sender?

Is it possible to create a rule in outlook which deletes all mails
apart from those addressed to specific addresses (e.g. [email protected] and
[email protected])?

Not likely - I can't imagine how you'd keep that list maintained anyway. You
don't mention your version of Outlook, but if you're using OL2003 you might
use a search folder (query) to identify and deal with all such messages - so
you can delete them en masse.

Also can this same rule be used in OE as I use that at home?

No - rules are entirely different in OE.

 

[Tony]

I have recently been deluged with emails marked "Delivery Status

Are these DSNs for messages you yourself tried to send, or are they
perhaps the result of some spammer or virus spoofing your e-mail address
as sender?

The latter. I'm not sure if it's a spammer or virus.

Not likely - I can't imagine how you'd keep that list maintained anyway.
You don't mention your version of Outlook, but if you're using OL2003 you
might use a search folder (query) to identify and deal with all such
messages - so you can delete them en masse.

I'm using OL2002

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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The latter. I'm not sure if it's a spammer or virus.

I'm using OL2002

So you don't have search folders, but you could still create a rule to
delete all these messages or move them to another folder.

 

[Tony]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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So you don't have search folders, but you could still create a rule to
delete all these messages or move them to another folder.

Each of the DSN's is addressed to a different three/four letter prefix of my
email address (e.g. [email protected], [email protected]) so I can move them manually
but I can't imagine a rule that would do this.

btw thanks for your interest

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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So you don't have search folders, but you could still create a rule
to delete all these messages or move them to another folder.

Each of the DSN's is addressed to a different three/four letter
prefix of my email address (e.g. [email protected], [email protected]) so I can
move them manually but I can't imagine a rule that would do this.

I think you can use a rule that looks for hrvx@ in the message
headers....but I'd probably look at the sender instead (system
administrator).

 

[Tony]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

In Tony <[email protected]> typed:
I have recently been deluged with emails marked "Delivery Status
Notification" or similar (maybe 20-30 a day).

Are these DSNs for messages you yourself tried to send, or are they
perhaps the result of some spammer or virus spoofing your e-mail
address as sender?

The latter. I'm not sure if it's a spammer or virus.


Is it possible to create a rule in outlook which deletes all mails
apart from those addressed to specific addresses (e.g. [email protected]
and [email protected])?

Not likely - I can't imagine how you'd keep that list maintained
anyway. You don't mention your version of Outlook, but if you're
using OL2003 you might use a search folder (query) to identify and
deal with all such messages - so you can delete them en masse.

I'm using OL2002

So you don't have search folders, but you could still create a rule
to delete all these messages or move them to another folder.

Each of the DSN's is addressed to a different three/four letter
prefix of my email address (e.g. [email protected], [email protected]) so I can
move them manually but I can't imagine a rule that would do this.

I think you can use a rule that looks for hrvx@ in the message
headers....but I'd probably look at the sender instead (system
administrator).

The from and the to email address' are always different. The only thing they
always have in common is my domain.

My email is configured to pick up anything @ my domain.net

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

I think you can use a rule that looks for hrvx@ in the message
headers....but I'd probably look at the sender instead (system
administrator).

The from and the to email address' are always different. The only
thing they always have in common is my domain.

I just created a rule (starting with a blank rule, from scratch) - to delete
all new mail from System Administrator. It worked. Did you try this?

My email is configured to pick up anything @ my domain.net

You're always going to get a ton more spam if you use a 'blind forward' or
wildcard account like that. I would suggest changing it....<snip>

 

[Tony]

I have adjusted my email account settings to only forward mail addressed to
sales@, info@, etc and this has put a stop to the random prefixes that my
catchall settings were collecting.

Thanks

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

In Tony <[email protected]> typed:
I have recently been deluged with emails marked "Delivery Status
Notification" or similar (maybe 20-30 a day).

Are these DSNs for messages you yourself tried to send, or are they
perhaps the result of some spammer or virus spoofing your e-mail
address as sender?

The latter. I'm not sure if it's a spammer or virus.


Is it possible to create a rule in outlook which deletes all mails
apart from those addressed to specific addresses (e.g. [email protected]
and [email protected])?

Not likely - I can't imagine how you'd keep that list maintained
anyway. You don't mention your version of Outlook, but if you're
using OL2003 you might use a search folder (query) to identify and
deal with all such messages - so you can delete them en masse.

I'm using OL2002

So you don't have search folders, but you could still create a rule
to delete all these messages or move them to another folder.

Each of the DSN's is addressed to a different three/four letter
prefix of my email address (e.g. [email protected], [email protected]) so I can
move them manually but I can't imagine a rule that would do this.

I think you can use a rule that looks for hrvx@ in the message
headers....but I'd probably look at the sender instead (system
administrator).

btw thanks for your interest

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

I have adjusted my email account settings to only forward mail
addressed to sales@, info@, etc and this has put a stop to the random
prefixes that my catchall settings were collecting.

Glad to hear it. Blind forwards are the devil, when it comes to spam.

Thanks

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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In Tony <[email protected]> typed:
I have recently been deluged with emails marked "Delivery Status
Notification" or similar (maybe 20-30 a day).

Are these DSNs for messages you yourself tried to send, or are
they perhaps the result of some spammer or virus spoofing your
e-mail address as sender?

The latter. I'm not sure if it's a spammer or virus.


Is it possible to create a rule in outlook which deletes all
mails apart from those addressed to specific addresses (e.g.
[email protected] and [email protected])?

Not likely - I can't imagine how you'd keep that list maintained
anyway. You don't mention your version of Outlook, but if you're
using OL2003 you might use a search folder (query) to identify
and deal with all such messages - so you can delete them en
masse.

I'm using OL2002

So you don't have search folders, but you could still create a rule
to delete all these messages or move them to another folder.

Each of the DSN's is addressed to a different three/four letter
prefix of my email address (e.g. [email protected], [email protected]) so I
can move them manually but I can't imagine a rule that would do
this.

I think you can use a rule that looks for hrvx@ in the message
headers....but I'd probably look at the sender instead (system
administrator).

btw thanks for your interest



Also can this same rule be used in OE as I use that at home?

No - rules are entirely different in OE.

Thank you