Junk Mail Filters -- how to use them?

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Lady Dungeness

In two weeks, I've graduated from being a baby-Outlook user to a toddler.
Please continue to bear with me.

I have activated junk mail filters in Outlook 2002. I may have added one or
two senders.
* Where do I look to see who I've added?
* I can't find where to configure the junk mail filters, except to turn them
on or off.
* How do I make sure that anybody in my contacts can go ahead and send me
junk and porn? lol
* I gather the junk mail filter for v2003 can be updated from MS. Does
Outlook 2002 have a way to update the junk mail filter?

Thank you.
 
Lady Dungeness said:
In two weeks, I've graduated from being a baby-Outlook user to a
toddler. Please continue to bear with me.

I have activated junk mail filters in Outlook 2002. I may have added
one or two senders.
Click to expand...

Outlook 2002's junk mail filter is poor at best.
* Where do I look to see who I've added?
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To which list, the Junk Senders or the Adult Senders list, did you add them?
Both of those lists are simply text files that you can edit with Notepad.
They're in %AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook.
* I can't find where to configure the junk mail filters, except to
turn them on or off.
Click to expand...

That's all you can do in OL2002.
* How do I make sure that anybody in my contacts can go ahead and
send me junk and porn?
Click to expand...

Add them to the Rules Wizard exceptions list.
* I gather the junk mail filter for v2003 can be updated from MS.
Does Outlook 2002 have a way to update the junk mail filter?
Click to expand...

No. Outlook 2002's junk mail filter is not trainable or updateable. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286049/
 
Thank you, Brian; your answers have saved me hours! I'll find those text
files and do some editing -- do they accept wildcards, and if so, which
ones?

Lady D
Dungeness are Deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious!


|
| > In two weeks, I've graduated from being a baby-Outlook user to a
| > toddler. Please continue to bear with me.
| >
| > I have activated junk mail filters in Outlook 2002. I may have added
| > one or two senders.
|
| Outlook 2002's junk mail filter is poor at best.
|
| > * Where do I look to see who I've added?
|
| To which list, the Junk Senders or the Adult Senders list, did you add
them?
| Both of those lists are simply text files that you can edit with Notepad.
| They're in %AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook.
|
| > * I can't find where to configure the junk mail filters, except to
| > turn them on or off.
|
| That's all you can do in OL2002.
|
| > * How do I make sure that anybody in my contacts can go ahead and
| > send me junk and porn?
|
| Add them to the Rules Wizard exceptions list.
|
| > * I gather the junk mail filter for v2003 can be updated from MS.
| > Does Outlook 2002 have a way to update the junk mail filter?
|
| No. Outlook 2002's junk mail filter is not trainable or updateable. See
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286049/
| --
| Brian Tillman
|
 
Lady Dungeness said:
Thank you, Brian; your answers have saved me hours! I'll find those
text files and do some editing -- do they accept wildcards, and if
so, which ones?
Click to expand...

They don't accept wildcards, but the do accept substrings, so if you want to
stop mail from abc.com, abc.org, abc.net, and abc.info, just use "abc".
Likewise, if you want to stop mail from (e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed), and
(e-mail address removed), just use "sales". If you want to stop mail from,
say, any Russian domain, you can use ".ru". Keep in mind, though, that
using "jones" to stop mail from (e-mail address removed) will also stop mail
from (e-mail address removed) and (e-mail address removed).
 
Super. That's as good as wildcards for my purposes.

Pssssssst: They ain't no Lord 'round here -- Lady's got all the power in
her own powerful, grasping claws.

Now -- How do I make a little Crab picture using ASCII?

Lady Dungeness
Grinning @ Brian, Deep in the Cold Dark Sea



|
| > Thank you, Brian; your answers have saved me hours! I'll find those
| > text files and do some editing -- do they accept wildcards, and if
| > so, which ones?
|
| They don't accept wildcards, but the do accept substrings, so if you want
to
| stop mail from abc.com, abc.org, abc.net, and abc.info, just use "abc".
| Likewise, if you want to stop mail from (e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed), and
| (e-mail address removed), just use "sales". If you want to stop mail from,
| say, any Russian domain, you can use ".ru". Keep in mind, though, that
| using "jones" to stop mail from (e-mail address removed) will also stop
mail
| from (e-mail address removed) and (e-mail address removed).
| --
| Brian Tillman
|
 
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