Application of rules - many bogus e-mails

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Terry Turner

A liitle advice please.

I have used rules wizard to set up lots of conditions for
deleting e-mails with "security patch", etc.

Sometimes they appear not to function.

Is this expected?

I use Outlook 97 - a bit old I know but so am I.

Terry
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Unfortunately, the Rules Wizard has evolved as has Outlook with each ensuing
version. The Rules in Outlook 97 are really pretty primitive and are not
capable of catching a lot of the newer types of spam.

While it may not appear helpful, the answer given (to upgrade to a newer
version, preferably 2003) is about the only option you have as Outlook 97
has not been a supported program for over a year now.

I realize that you do not want to upgrade, but the tradeoff for keeping an
older and unsupported program are that the newest filtering techniques will
not work and you are stuck with the first generation of rules wizard.

A third option is to try third party anti-spam program. There are several
out there and some are free. If you use google.com, you will probably find
a good list to choose from.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.



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| Really helpful !
| I hope somebody with a more giving attitude answers.
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|| -----Original Message-----
|| try the new version, like Outlook 2003
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|| "Terry Turner" <[email protected]>
|| ||| A liitle advice please.
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||| I have used rules wizard to set up lots of conditions for
||| deleting e-mails with "security patch", etc.
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||| Sometimes they appear not to function.
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||| Is this expected?
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||| I use Outlook 97 - a bit old I know but so am I.
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||| Terry
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T

terry

Thanks Milly for the courteous reply.
The rules do fire even in OL 97 - its just that they are
inconsistently firing. I live with it another while.
Terry
-----Original Message-----
Unfortunately, the Rules Wizard has evolved as has Outlook with each ensuing
version. The Rules in Outlook 97 are really pretty primitive and are not
capable of catching a lot of the newer types of spam.

While it may not appear helpful, the answer given (to upgrade to a newer
version, preferably 2003) is about the only option you have as Outlook 97
has not been a supported program for over a year now.

I realize that you do not want to upgrade, but the tradeoff for keeping an
older and unsupported program are that the newest filtering techniques will
not work and you are stuck with the first generation of rules wizard.

A third option is to try third party anti-spam program. There are several
out there and some are free. If you use google.com, you will probably find
a good list to choose from.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.



After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
[email protected]
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