Outlook 2003 - block domains

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When you create a rule how do you block a domain because I don't see the
domain while creating a rule.

thanks
 
no spam said:
When you create a rule how do you block a domain because I don't see
the domain while creating a rule.
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You can use a rule by employing the "with specific words in the sender's
address" condition and specifying the domain (xyz.com, for example) as the
specific words.
 
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You can use a rule by employing the "with specific words in the sender's
address" condition and specifying the domain (xyz.com, for example) as the
specific words.
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When I have a message in my inbox and I know it's spam, I create a rule but
it doesn't show the domain by default, is there a way to easily locate the
domain of the offending email so that it can be incorporated in the rule?

thanksk
 
no spam said:
When I have a message in my inbox and I know it's spam, I create a
rule but it doesn't show the domain by default, is there a way to
easily locate the domain of the offending email so that it can be
incorporated in the rule?
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Right-click, choose Options , and examine the headers or open the message,
click View>Options, and examine the headers, or open the message,
right-click the sender, and choose Properties.
 
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Right-click, choose Options , and examine the headers or open the message,
click View>Options, and examine the headers, or open the message,
right-click the sender, and choose Properties.
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Ok, cool, but when I click "tools=>rules and alerts=>new rules=>start from
a blank rule" and I want to type in a domain name, it pulls up my contact
list and I'm not able to type in a domain name without creating a contact
first.
 
no spam said:
Ok, cool, but when I click "tools=>rules and alerts=>new rules=>start
from a blank rule" and I want to type in a domain name, it pulls up
my contact list and I'm not able to type in a domain name without
creating a contact first.
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Type in a domain name where? Use the "with specific words in the sender's
address" condition and use the ddomain name as the specific words.
 
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Type in a domain name where? Use the "with specific words in the sender's
address" condition and use the ddomain name as the specific words.
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I only see "check messages when they arrive" and "check messages after
sending"???
 
no spam said:
I only see "check messages when they arrive" and "check messages after
sending"???
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Rules and Alerts>New Rule>Start with a blank rule>Check messages when they
arrive. Now pick the condition I named.
 
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Rules and Alerts>New Rule>Start with a blank rule>Check messages when they
arrive. Now pick the condition I named.
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Thanks, now I see it, I wasn't scrolling all the way down. DOH!!!
 
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Rules and Alerts>New Rule>Start with a blank rule>Check messages when they
arrive. Now pick the condition I named.
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If their domain is like abc.xyz.hello.com if I just put "hello" in the field
will that cover this domain?

thanks
 
no spam said:
Then rules work like wildcards?
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Like substrings. If a rule looks for, for example, "corn", it wil match on
that and on "popcorn" and "cornucopia" as well. So, trying to match a
domain abc.xyz.hello.com by using "hello" will also match a domain of
"chello.com" or "chello.net"
 
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Like substrings. If a rule looks for, for example, "corn", it wil match on
that and on "popcorn" and "cornucopia" as well. So, trying to match a
domain abc.xyz.hello.com by using "hello" will also match a domain of
"chello.com" or "chello.net"
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SWEET!!!...thanks for your patience!
 
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