Outlook 2003 : Junk email filtering is junk!

[Mark Landin]

Or maybe I'm missing something

I just migrated from Outlook 2000. Our email server is Exchange 2000

In Outlook 2000, I managed my own Junk Senders list using Outlook's built-in junk email filtering. I wasn't using any third-party tools. It wasn't a perfect solution, but it worked well enough for me. (At one point I was getting 700+ spams and viruses a day.

Now, in Outlook 2003, I can't even manage my own Junk Senders List unless I'm in "cached server" mode. OK, I go to cached server mode. This lets me right-click a message and add the sender to the Blocked Senders list without Outlook complaining. However, in 2000 I could highlight multiple messages (up to 50+, sometimes) and then add all of them to my Junk Senders list. When I try this in 2003, the option to add the Blocked Senders is grayed out. Having to add senders this one, one message at a time, is going to be quite a pain the behind

After that, I can't make new rules based on the Blocked Senders list like I used to be able to do in Outlook 2000. I prefer to put my junk email in the Deleted Items folder. Is there any way to create rules using the Blocked Senders list

So far I'm very disappointed in Outlook 2003's junk email capabilities. I know MS wants us to use server based filtering but I resent having the option to handle things on my client taken away.

 

[Roady]

Have you tried setting your spam-filter to High? I'm working with it for
quite a while now and for fun I configured my junk-mail account which
receives endlessly all day and it catches everything quite nicely.

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Or maybe I'm missing something.

I just migrated from Outlook 2000. Our email server is Exchange 2000.

In Outlook 2000, I managed my own Junk Senders list using Outlook's

built-in junk email filtering. I wasn't using any third-party tools. It
wasn't a perfect solution, but it worked well enough for me. (At one point I
was getting 700+ spams and viruses a day.)

Now, in Outlook 2003, I can't even manage my own Junk Senders List unless

I'm in "cached server" mode. OK, I go to cached server mode. This lets me
right-click a message and add the sender to the Blocked Senders list without
Outlook complaining. However, in 2000 I could highlight multiple messages
(up to 50+, sometimes) and then add all of them to my Junk Senders list.
When I try this in 2003, the option to add the Blocked Senders is grayed
out. Having to add senders this one, one message at a time, is going to be
quite a pain the behind.

After that, I can't make new rules based on the Blocked Senders list like

I used to be able to do in Outlook 2000. I prefer to put my junk email in
the Deleted Items folder. Is there any way to create rules using the Blocked
Senders list?

So far I'm very disappointed in Outlook 2003's junk email capabilities. I

know MS wants us to use server based filtering but I resent having the
option to handle things on my client taken away.

 

[Guest]

I'm having the same issue. I used to have a rule based on the junk
sender's list that forwarded a message from someone on that list to
the spam account at my company. I can't see how to replicate that in
2003. The next time I get something from the same person I want it to
forward to them, not sit in my Junk Email folder....

Is it not possible to pull this list of names for a rule anywhere??

Or maybe I'm missing something.

I just migrated from Outlook 2000. Our email server is Exchange 2000.

In Outlook 2000, I managed my own Junk Senders list using Outlook's built-in junk email filtering. I wasn't using any third-party tools. It wasn't a perfect solution, but it worked well enough for me. (At one point I was getting 700+ spams and viruses a day.)

Now, in Outlook 2003, I can't even manage my own Junk Senders List

unless I'm in "cached server" mode. OK, I go to cached server mode.
This lets me right-click a message and add the sender to the Blocked
Senders list without Outlook complaining. However, in 2000 I could
highlight multiple messages (up to 50+, sometimes) and then add all of
them to my Junk Senders list. When I try this in 2003, the option to
add the Blocked Senders is grayed out. Having to add senders this one,
one message at a time, is going to be quite a pain the behind.