Creating a Spam Filter Rule in Windows Outlook 2000

ITS has implemented a new way of marking spam messages. Potential spam or junk mail messages are flagged in the subject line of each message as POTENTIAL SPAM. This allows UCB e-mail users to filter spam and junk mail messages away from their inbox. For more information about ITS's effort against spam go to www.colorado.edu/its/email/spam.html

Creating a Spam Filter

You may first wish to create a folder to place your spam. If you cannot already see a listing of your folders in Outlook, select Folder List from the View menu. To create a new folder, right-click on Outlook Today in the Folder List pane and select New Folder... Enter a folder name in the window that pops up, make sure Mail and Post Items is selected under Folder contains and click OK.

To set up a filter:

1. Click on the Tools drop down menu and select Rules Wizard. The window that appears should look similar to the window below:

2. When filter window appears, click New in the upper-right corner.

3. Select Move messages based on content from the list.

4. Click on specific words in the lower portion of the window and then type POTENTIAL SPAM in the window that pops up and click Add.

5. Click OK and then click on specified in the Rules Wizard window. Select the folder you wish to move the mail marked as spam to and click OK.

6. Click on Finish.

7. Click OK. As you receive new mail marked as potential spam it should be moved as dictated by the filter.

For more information about spam go to www.colorado.edu/its/email/spam.html