can I forward mail without opening/viewing?

[Jason Warren]

I know that sounds like a weird question, but my ISP invites users to
forward spam to a special mailboxes in their never-ending (heh) effort
to reduce the flow of the junk.

With Outlook, I cannot figure out how to forward a message without its
opening up for viewing. This is exactly what I don't want to do, because
if it's html I really don't want to validate my email address.

TIA
Jason

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Jason,

What you would have to do is create "rules" to do this, which you can set
Outlook to if it receives a certain criteria, it can say FWD the email on to
another address. To get to the rules go to "Tools" & then "Rules & Alerts".

However, since you are trying to fwd random spam messages, this might not
prove useful, but check it out.

~zero

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Here's one method to try: Create a new blank message and then drag the message you want to forward into it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Jason Warren]

Jason,

What you would have to do is create "rules" to do this, which you can set
Outlook to if it receives a certain criteria, it can say FWD the email on to
another address. To get to the rules go to "Tools" & then "Rules & Alerts".

However, since you are trying to fwd random spam messages, this might not
prove useful, but check it out.

~zero

~zero, I looked at defining rules, but Outlook's automatic junk-mail
catcher isn't completely accurate so I wouldn't want to forward mail
that might not actually be spam automatically... I guess I can just hit
Delete and let my ISP attack the problem some other way.

Jason

 

[Jason Warren]

Here's one method to try: Create a new blank message and then drag the message you want to forward into it.

Thank you, Sue! That's just the ticket.

Jason