Conflict between Spam Filter and Rules in Outlook 2007 - design is

[Marsh.]

I get a lot of e-newsletters so I have set up a series of rules to place them
automatically in certain folders. But, the Outlook spam filter grabs many of
them before the rules have a chance to act! The only option is to go into the
junk mail folder and to indicate that each individual email is "not junk",
then to move them into the appropriate folder.

While getting rid of spam is a high priority, it seems that user defined
rules should take priority over rules of the Outlook spam filters?!

Action Requested: Modify Outlook 2007 to allow user input rules to take
priority over spam filter and phishing filter actions.

 

[mattridings]

I get a lot of e-newsletters so I have set up a series of rules to place them
automatically in certain folders. But, the Outlook spam filter grabs many of
them before the rules have a chance to act! The only option is to go into the
junk mail folder and to indicate that each individual email is "not junk",
then to move them into the appropriate folder.

While getting rid of spam is a high priority, it seems that user defined
rules should take priority over rules of the Outlook spam filters?!

Action Requested: Modify Outlook 2007 to allow user input rules to take
priority over spam filter and phishing filter actions.

I would definitely disagree with this.

Security/Spam filters should always be the first thing executed
otherwise you expose the system to exploitation.

The only option is to go into the
junk mail folder and to indicate that each individual email is "not junk",
then to move them into the appropriate folder.

No, it's not the only option. You should be able to setup
'whitelists' (define specific email addresses or whole domains that
are trusted) so that they bypass the junkmail filter. If you're
setting up rules to identify those newsletters then I would assume you
have enough information to do the same for the spam filter. You're
already going to all the work to define rules for these things why not
just add one to spam as well and be done with it?

-matt

 

[Marsh.]

I do agree that security isssues should be dealt with first. However, when a
user sets up a rule, this effectively sets up a "white list" and any mail
that does meet a rule should be accepted and filled as defined by the rule.
In this connection, a user defined rule should have priority over Outlook's
spam filter.