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Gary Callahan
How do I exclude certain senders from the rules I've set
up to filter out spam?
up to filter out spam?
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"Gary Callahan" said in news:[email protected]:
Create a whitelist rule:
Apply this rule after a message arrives
sender is in <contacts> Address Book
stop processing more rules
If you have the sender listed in your Contacts folder then their message
remains in your Inbox and no other rules get executed against this message.
Microsoft does not allow you to list multiple contact-type folders. If you
have more than one contact-type folder then you need to define a whitelist
rule using each one. Move this rule to the top of the rules list. Rules
get excercised in the order they appear in the rules list.
Obviously the generic whitelist rule only works if you bother to add senders
as contacts to your Contacts folder, or whatever your contact-type folder(s)
is(/are) called. Remember to right-click on a contact-type folder to select
the option to include it in your Outlook Address Book (otherwise it won't
show up in the dropdown list when defining the rule).
Basically you need to define rules to detect the good senders and to keep
their messages in your Inbox (or move them wherever you want) which execute
before any rules for spam filtering. The "stop processing more rules" does
just what it says. If the conditions are true for a rule with this stop
clause, no other rules get exercised on that message.
How do I exclude certain senders from the rules I've set
up to filter out spam?
Create a whitelist rule:
Apply this rule after a message arrives
sender is in <contacts> Address Book
stop processing more rules
If you have the sender listed in your Contacts folder then their message
remains in your Inbox and no other rules get executed against this message.
Microsoft does not allow you to list multiple contact-type folders. If you
have more than one contact-type folder then you need to define a whitelist
rule using each one. Move this rule to the top of the rules list. Rules
get excercised in the order they appear in the rules list.
Obviously the generic whitelist rule only works if you bother to add senders
as contacts to your Contacts folder, or whatever your contact-type folder(s)
is(/are) called. Remember to right-click on a contact-type folder to select
the option to include it in your Outlook Address Book (otherwise it won't
show up in the dropdown list when defining the rule).
Basically you need to define rules to detect the good senders and to keep
their messages in your Inbox (or move them wherever you want) which execute
before any rules for spam filtering. The "stop processing more rules" does
just what it says. If the conditions are true for a rule with this stop
clause, no other rules get exercised on that message.
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Guest
-----Original Message-----
"Gary Callahan" said in news:92ad01c3eac5$05c99620 [email protected]:
Create a whitelist rule:
Apply this rule after a message arrives
sender is in <contacts> Address Book
stop processing more rules
If you have the sender listed in your Contacts folder then their message
remains in your Inbox and no other rules get executed against this message.
Microsoft does not allow you to list multiple contact- type folders. If you
have more than one contact-type folder then you need to define a whitelist
rule using each one. Move this rule to the top of the rules list. Rules
get excercised in the order they appear in the rules list.
Obviously the generic whitelist rule only works if you bother to add senders
as contacts to your Contacts folder, or whatever your contact-type folder(s)
is(/are) called. Remember to right-click on a contact- type folder to select
the option to include it in your Outlook Address Book (otherwise it won't
show up in the dropdown list when defining the rule).
Basically you need to define rules to detect the good senders and to keep
their messages in your Inbox (or move them wherever you want) which execute
before any rules for spam filtering. The "stop processing more rules" does
just what it says. If the conditions are true for a rule with this stop
clause, no other rules get exercised on that message.
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Outlooks own Junk filter automatically whitelists those
who appear in your contact list (and therefore
automatically updates the rule as your contact list
updates).
To this end, ensure Outlooks junk filter is set, and even
set it to high filtering, as long as you regularly check
it (particularly if you expect mail from someone not in
your list!)