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Filtering Junk E-Mail with Outlook Express 4

Most junk e-mail (aka spam) is sent with your e-mail address in the BCC field, so you'll never see it. We've found a method that works rather well dealing with e-mail that isn't directly sent to you. Our method involves filtering any e-mail that is addressed to you in the To or CC fields into a folder, and leave everything else in the Inbox so you can check it out later.

To filter junk e-mail:

1. Launch Outlook Express.
2. From the File menu, select Folder, and choose New Folder...
   
3. Enter a name for your new folder.
   
4. Choose the OK button.
5. From the tools menu, choose Inbox Assistant.
   
6. Click the Add button in the Inbox Assistant window.
   
7. Type your e-mail ID (the part to the left of the @ symbol) into the to box as shown below. Select the Sent to Me folder by clicking on the Folder button, and finding your newly created folder.
   
8. After you hit OK, you will see the following. Click the Add button to add the filter for the CC field.
   
9. Type your e-mail ID (the part to the left of the @ symbol) into the CC box as shown below. Select the Sent to Me folder by clicking on the Folder button, and finding your newly created folder.
   
10. After you click the OK button, you will see the following.
    

If you use the filters shown above, some e-mail from mailing lists,etc will still be kept in your inbox. You could add a filter for all e-mail that you want to see and filter that into your new folder as well.

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