E-Mail Message Rules in Outlook Express Set-up

If you would like to create a message rule for Outlook Express the instructions below will guide you through the process step by step. These rules are helpful to manage or delete messages that come into your mail software, Outlook Express. I use the rules mostly to delete un-wanted messages, typically called Spam mail. The instructions below are specifically designed to help the customers that we have their domain names registered with no website. These domain names have a mail forwarding / checking system that will notify our customers if the mail is registered to our parent company as being Spam mail. It does this by putting a notice in the subject like that says *****SPAM*****. You can create a message rule to do just about anything within Outlook Express, file messages in folders, delete messages, etc.. The example below will show you how to crate a message rule to Delete spam messages.

1. Open Outlook Express.

2. Click on one of the messages that you want to make a rule from, so that the message title is blue.
   

3. From the menu bar at the top of the screen, click Message, then Create Rule From Message.
   

4. A box will pop-up. When it does, un-check the first blue item in the top box.

5. Check the second item in the top box (Box number 1) that says "Where the subject line contains a specific word".

6. Check the "Delete it" option in the middle box (Box number 2).
   

7. Click the link in the 3 box (Box number 3) that says . When you do that another box will open.

8. In the top space, type in "***SPAM***" 3 astircs (the symbol above the number 8), the word SPAM in all caps and 3 more astrics again with no spaces between them.
   

9. Click the button.

10. Then click the button. This will take you back to the Message Rule box.

11. Name your message rule in the bottom box (Box number 4).
    

12. Click the and you will be set.

From this point on, any message that comes into your Outlook Express software that has "***SPAM***" in the subject line will go directly into your Deleted Items folder.

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