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Unwanted Junk Mail / SPAM
One of the most common questions that our tech support people get asked is,
"I'm getting to much junk email, how do I stop it?"
While the answer to that question is not simple, Interlinks mail servers
make an attempt to identify potential junk mail and mark it in a way that
our customers can use to easily handle the mail in any way they see fit.
Some customers ask, "Why not just delete all junk mail so I don't have to deal
with it at all?" Well, the problem is, that as an automated system, the junk
mail identification system (known as SPAM Reducer) is only 99.5% accurate. Occasionaly
SPAM Reducer will identify a desired email as SPAM. For this reason, we have chosen
to mark the messages in a non-intrusive manner so that customers who wish to filter
their email may do so, and those who choose to receive the SPAM can simply do nothing
and still receive the mail.
How much does all this cost? Nothing! SPAM Reducer is FREE! SPAM Reducer will help reduce
the amount of SPAM you receive. Some messages still get past the SPAM Reducer system. To stop
all SPAM you should subscribe to our SPAM Eliminator service.
How to setup SPAM Reducer?
The following instructions will help you create a folder and setup a message rule
to move all marked messages to a separate folder. Theses instructions are written for
customers using Microsoft Outlook Express as their mail program. If you have Outlook
Express 5.5 or lower, these instructions should work for you, but we do recommend
that you upgrade to Outlook Express 6 which is part of Internet Explorer 6. You
can upgrade to Internet Explorer 6 from the Product Updates section of
the Microsoft Windows Update site.
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Instructions for Outlook Express 6
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The first step is to create a folder that all filtered messages will be
placed in. In Outlook Express click on File ... Folder ... New.
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When the Create Folder windows pops up, type SPAM in the
Folder Name and click on Ok.
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Click on Tools ... Message Rules ... Mail. This will open the
Message Rules window. Click on the New... button.
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In the section titled 1. Select the Conditions for your rule:
Check the box titled Where the Subject line contains specific words.
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In the section titled 2. Select the Actions for your rule:
Check the box titled Move it to the specified folder.
Check the box titled Stop processing more rules.
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In the section titled 3. Rule Description:
Click on the words contains specific words. In the
Type specific words window type **SPAM** and then click
Add and Ok. Be sure NOT to put a space between the asterisks
and the word SPAM.
Click on the word specified. In the
Move window click on the folder that was created in step 1 and then click
Ok.
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In the section titled 4. Name of this rule:
Type in the words SPAM Filter.
Click Ok.
Click Ok again.
You are done!!!
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