Outlook 2003 Spam folder vs Junkmail folder

[Guest]

We just got a new cpu with the newest version of Outlook 2003 on it, and it
has both a junkmail folder and a new spam folder.

I don't quite understand the function of the spam folder.

I have worked with the junk mail folder for a couple years, and know you can
empty it enmasse.

But this new Spam folder - there's no choice to empty it - just to delete it.

How is this folder supposed to work in conjunction with the Junkmail folder?
Isn't junkmail spam and vice versa?

 

[Patricia Cardoza [MSFT]]

The Spam folder isn't an Outlook feature. It's either from an add-in for
Outlook or from an anti-spam program on your mail server.

 

[Guest]

If memory serves me correctly, I believe Trend Micro server-based antispam
products (like Trend CSM Security Suite) insert a "Spam" folder into each
Outlook user's folder tree. And yes, I as well have noticed no way to just
"empty" it, other than moving the messages to the Junk Mail folder and
emptying them from there.
-Dan

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the spam folder.</EDITED>