Combating SPAM with Outlook 2002

Not every site can take advantage of the great Junk filtering features built into Outlook 2003. If your site is using Outlook 2002 or earlier, then this article is for you. The following instructions will show you how to activate and then use the Junk Email Senders List feature in Outlook 2002.

1. Open up Outlook and click on Tools >>> Rules Wizard.

2. Select New.

3. Select Start with a Blank Rule. Make sure that “Check Messages when they arrive” is highlighted, and then click Next.


4. Scroll down the list until you find “Suspected to be junk e-mail or from Junk Senders”. Place a tick in that box and click Next.


5. If you want the junk email to go straight to your Deleted Items folder then select “delete it”. This will give you a chance to review it just in case it is not Junk email. If you do not even want to see the email, then tick the “permanently delete it” box (but understand that you will have no chance to review it because you won’t even see it!). Click Next.


6. If you have some exceptions to the rule then put them in here and click Next.


7. Give the rule a name. Make sure the Turn on this Rule checkbox is selected and click Finish.


8. As Junk email arrives, you can add it to the Junk Senders list by right-clicking on the SPAM email in your inbox (or any other folder) and selecting Junk Email >>> Add to Junk Senders List.


There you go! Keep on emailing!

Paul Eddington.

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