[Spam] [Vision2020] RE: SPAM

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:05:04 GMT

However, many many spammers use many many quasi e-mail addresses.  You wouild 
be spending all day modifying your filter.

Tom Hansen

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> Let's try this once more with a little modification.  There was also
> a question about what happens when someone from your family sends a
> message to a group of people. This filter will not pick that up, since
> the message wasn't sent directly to you. Do *not* be tempted to use the
> "Where the To or CC line contains people" rule as that defeats
> the power of this filter. Create a new filter with that person's email
> address in the "Where the From line contains people"  rule
> and that will correctly pick up email by them.<br><br>
> ---<br>
> DCB<br><br>
> At 10:46 PM 3/9/2004 -0800, you wrote:<br><br>
> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Here's a little trick to filter
> your mail in Outlook Express 6 (and probably 5). Follow the instructions
> and you'll soon be filtering your email like a superstar:<br><br>
> 1.  Open Outlook Express <br>
> 2.  Make sure the Folders list can be seen on the left-hand panel.
> <br>
> 3.  Right-click on "Local Folders" and select "New
> Folder...". <br>
> 4.  Give this folder a descriptive name like Incoming or Direct.
> <br>
> 5.  Click on "Tools" in the top menu bar. <br>
> 6.  Select "Message Rules" and click on
> "Mail...". <br>
> 7.  Click on "New..." to create a new message rule. <br>
> 8.  Under box 1, select the first entry "Where the <b>To</b>
> line contains people". <br>
> 9.  Under box 2, select the first entry "Move it to the
> specified folder". <br>
> 10. Under box 3, click on "people". <br>
> 11. In the window that pops up, type in your e-mail address. So,
> blah@yourdomain.com<br>
> 12. Click OK <br>
> 13. Click "specified" in box 4. <br>
> 14. Select the folder we created in step 4 above. Click OK. <br>
> 15. In box 4, rename this rule to something more pleasing like
> "Sneaky Only-for-Me Filter" or "l33t m41L h4Ck" or
> perhaps the prosaic "Direct delivery filter". <br>
> 16. Click OK. <br>
> 17. Click OK. Or, click the name of the rule and Apply Now to filter
> right away.<br>
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> <font face="Courier New, Courier">---<br>
> David Camden-Britton -=)*(=-  davidcb@acm.org</font> </body>
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