Q about creating rules for Outlook07

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Jorge Cervantes

I have been creating rules against spam by placing a checkmark in
checkboxes in front of both "From XXX" and also "Subject contains XXXXX".
In addition, I added extra unwanted words in the "subject". But some spam
are sill coming into my Inbox.
What I see is that many spammers send out spam with the same/similar
subject line with different spammer's email addresses.

Is it necessary to check both "From XXX" and "Subject contains XXX" to fight
spam? I wonder whether checking only "Subject contains xxxx" (not checking
"from xxx") would work better or not. Please advise me how to more
effectively fight again spam. Jorge.
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

if the subject line is always the same, a rule looking for the subject line
is best - if you look for mail from an address only mail sent by that
address will be filtered and spammers rarely use the same address twice.

but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high and use fewer rules. Set the computer to do automatic updates so the
spam filter is updated monthly.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)

More effective would be to use a tool like SpamBayes
(http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/).

There is far too much spam with far too many spammers and far too many
possible forged from addresses and subject lines for you to make an
effective anti-spam tool with the Rules Wizard unless you take an
extremely broad approach (which would also kill a lot of legitimate
messages most likely).

Also are you using Outlook's built-in Junk E-mail filters?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
 
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Jorge Cervantes

Also are you using Outlook's built-in Junk E-mail filters?

I am not sure about that.
Could you please suggest me how to enable/activate built-in E-mail filters?
Jorge
 
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Jorge Cervantes

Thanks.
I changed from Low to High upon reading your post.
See how it goes.
Jorge



Diane Poremsky said:
if the subject line is always the same, a rule looking for the subject
line is best - if you look for mail from an address only mail sent by that
address will be filtered and spammers rarely use the same address twice.

but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high and use fewer rules. Set the computer to do automatic updates so the
spam filter is updated monthly.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




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Jorge Cervantes said:
I have been creating rules against spam by placing a checkmark in
checkboxes in front of both "From XXX" and also "Subject contains XXXXX".
In addition, I added extra unwanted words in the "subject". But some
spam are sill coming into my Inbox.
What I see is that many spammers send out spam with the same/similar
subject line with different spammer's email addresses.

Is it necessary to check both "From XXX" and "Subject contains XXX" to
fight spam? I wonder whether checking only "Subject contains xxxx" (not
checking "from xxx") would work better or not. Please advise me how to
more effectively fight again spam. Jorge.
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Jorge Cervantes

Diane,
but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high
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I found that this worked nicely for both my office and home computers.
Almost all spam were ended up in Junk E-mail folder.
Thanks for the nice tip. Jorge






Diane Poremsky said:
if the subject line is always the same, a rule looking for the subject
line is best - if you look for mail from an address only mail sent by that
address will be filtered and spammers rarely use the same address twice.

but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high and use fewer rules. Set the computer to do automatic updates so the
spam filter is updated monthly.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


Jorge Cervantes said:
I have been creating rules against spam by placing a checkmark in
checkboxes in front of both "From XXX" and also "Subject contains XXXXX".
In addition, I added extra unwanted words in the "subject". But some
spam are sill coming into my Inbox.
What I see is that many spammers send out spam with the same/similar
subject line with different spammer's email addresses.

Is it necessary to check both "From XXX" and "Subject contains XXX" to
fight spam? I wonder whether checking only "Subject contains xxxx" (not
checking "from xxx") would work better or not. Please advise me how to
more effectively fight again spam. Jorge.
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Jorge Cervantes

I have another related question. Under Rules and Alerts> Email rule tab,
there is an item entitled "Clear categories on mail (recommended)".
What does this mean? I don't get it what categories they meant? jorge





Jorge Cervantes said:
Diane,
but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high
Click to expand...

I found that this worked nicely for both my office and home computers.
Almost all spam were ended up in Junk E-mail folder.
Thanks for the nice tip. Jorge






Diane Poremsky said:
if the subject line is always the same, a rule looking for the subject
line is best - if you look for mail from an address only mail sent by
that address will be filtered and spammers rarely use the same address
twice.

but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high and use fewer rules. Set the computer to do automatic updates so the
spam filter is updated monthly.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
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Jorge Cervantes said:
I have been creating rules against spam by placing a checkmark in
checkboxes in front of both "From XXX" and also "Subject contains
XXXXX". In addition, I added extra unwanted words in the "subject". But
some spam are sill coming into my Inbox.
What I see is that many spammers send out spam with the same/similar
subject line with different spammer's email addresses.

Is it necessary to check both "From XXX" and "Subject contains XXX" to
fight spam? I wonder whether checking only "Subject contains xxxx"
(not checking "from xxx") would work better or not. Please advise me
how to more effectively fight again spam. Jorge.
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Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)

That's if people are sending you messages that have a category already
assigned to them. I find that the number of times it happens to me in a
year can be counted on one hand, so I don't bother with that.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q



I have another related question. Under Rules and Alerts> Email rule tab,
there is an item entitled "Clear categories on mail (recommended)".
What does this mean? I don't get it what categories they meant? jorge





Diane,
but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high
Click to expand...

I found that this worked nicely for both my office and home computers.
Almost all spam were ended up in Junk E-mail folder.
Thanks for the nice tip. Jorge






if the subject line is always the same, a rule looking for the subject
line is best - if you look for mail from an address only mail sent by
that address will be filtered and spammers rarely use the same address
twice.

but... the best way to fight spam is to set outlook 's junk filtering on
high and use fewer rules. Set the computer to do automatic updates so the
spam filter is updated monthly.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
(e-mail address removed)




You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
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I have been creating rules against spam by placing a checkmark in
checkboxes in front of both "From XXX" and also "Subject contains
XXXXX". In addition, I added extra unwanted words in the "subject". But
some spam are sill coming into my Inbox.
What I see is that many spammers send out spam with the same/similar
subject line with different spammer's email addresses.

Is it necessary to check both "From XXX" and "Subject contains XXX" to
fight spam? I wonder whether checking only "Subject contains xxxx"
(not checking "from xxx") would work better or not. Please advise me
how to more effectively fight again spam. Jorge.
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