how do i allow only approved email addresses into my inbox?

[bpendrak]

I have set up an email address for my 7 year old to communicate with her
grandparents and a couple of friends. I want to protect her from receiving
any other emails that are not coming from individuals that I approve of
first. How can I do so in Outlook 2007?

 

[Gordon]

I have set up an email address for my 7 year old to communicate with her
grandparents and a couple of friends. I want to protect her from
receiving
any other emails that are not coming from individuals that I approve of
first. How can I do so in Outlook 2007?

Unfortunately Outlook does not have the sort of rule that you are looking
for - outlook EXPRESS does.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

look at the junk email options - tools, options, junk email button, safe
senders list. limit it to the names in the address book. Alternately, you
could create a rule to delete all mail except that from people in the
address book.

 

[Gordon]

Alternately, you could create a rule to delete all mail except that from
people in the address book.

I didn't think that option is in Outlook - it certainly is in Outlook
EXPRESS but I can't find that option in any of the rules functions in
2007....

 

[Diane Poremsky]

"sender is in specified address book" is one of the options towards the
lower end of the conditions and exceptions list - going back at least 2
versions. Unlike in OE, they will be downloaded and processed - only OE can
delete off the server without downloading.

 

[Gordon]

"sender is in specified address book" is one of the options towards the
lower end of the conditions and exceptions list - going back at least 2
versions. Unlike in OE, they will be downloaded and processed - only OE
can delete off the server without downloading.

But that doesn't help the OP - the OP wants to delete emails that are NOT in
the specified addressbook, which is something (AFAIK) that Outlook has never
been able to do...

 

[Diane Poremsky]

Outlook can do it - you write a rule that says delete all email EXCEPT from
people in the address book. Alternately, if you don't like using exceptions,
create two rules - first is mail from people in address book, do something
(can be flag, add category, move to another folder or even just move to
Inbox) then add a stop processing to the rule. Second rule is delete all
messages. If mom or dad wants to check out the messages, the second rule can
move the messages to a folder instead of deleting them. (This allows for
safe senders who aren't yet in the address book.)

 

[Gordon]

Outlook can do it - you write a rule that says delete all email EXCEPT
from people in the address book. Alternately, if you don't like using
exceptions, create two rules - first is mail from people in address book,
do something (can be flag, add category, move to another folder or even
just move to Inbox) then add a stop processing to the rule. Second rule is
delete all messages. If mom or dad wants to check out the messages, the
second rule can move the messages to a folder instead of deleting them.
(This allows for safe senders who aren't yet in the address book.)

Ah. Thanks for that - not something that's easily seen I think!