Outlook 2000 Junk & Adult Content Filter = LAME! Need many more .

[Guest]

The number of words in the filter list for SPAM and ADULT content
is a joke in Outlook 2000. I don't know if that has been improved in
Outlook 2003, but our company is not using 2003.

Our employees are being bombarded now with both SPAM and ADULT
e-mails and we have about 200,000 employees at Delphi Corp.

I realize that it takes scanning time and storage space to filter a subject
or e-mail body, but I'm sure you could spare 500 msec and a few KB and
outlook users would benefit.

Furthermore - why not make the filter list editable by the individual or
the system administrator. Then they could begin to head-off any specific
odd-titled messages that may slip through the basic defenses.

This is a real problem and I was surprised to see how sparsely the
filter list is populated by the world's greatest software company.

I like Microsoft and have been very pleased with all of your software,
but this is a real weak spot that could be easily improved.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook 2000 is a six-year-old product that is past its active support cycle. You need to get a 21st century spam filter. See http://www.slipstick.com/rules/junkmail.htm#tools . There are many good free ones.

Also, your mail servers themselves should have up-to-date antispam software as a first line of defense.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Sue. Sorry to sound so mean spirited in
my original note. I hope our IT people get us
an improvement soon - I'm just an engineer.

That said, I still think even the latest version of
Outlook could benefit from a more robust list
of filter words. I know you can add them as a
custom setup, but I would be willing to bet the
vast majority of customers would be happy for
MS to do it for them and not have to go through
the pain of thinking of all those nasty words.

Have a good day, Thermoman

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Filter words are a dead end. Maintaining a list of them is a waste of time. They're yesterday's technology.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers