Dennis said:
Hello Lanwench: Should be Lanflower right?
What a lovely springtime idea!
Why? Could you expand on that a little?
Spammers are generally smarter than any static Outlook rule could possibly
be and you are always going to run behind.
Bayesian filters operate on far more criteria than senders' purported domain
names, keywords, etc....and they 'learn as they go' - you train the
software, and you'll see your volume of spam in decrease in your inbox. You
can easily empty your Junk E-mail folder.
One thing I noticed is that the volume of span is increasing daily,
and no matter what I do, it is still finding it's way through the
pipe. I already have two filters on my domain server. I get about
2000+ spam a day on the server, many of which are multiple versions
of the same e-mail.
Ah, but I was writing under the assumption that you were a standalone/home
e-mail user. What mail server are you running? Is it entirely under your
control?
So I was thinking of writing an Outlook rule on
my home PC to eliminate the remaining spam (which now amounts to
between 500 - 700 per day).
Youch. You'd be best served by something that prevented the spam from
hitting your mail server/mailboxes in the first place. There are a lot of
options out there - some open source (like SpamAssassin), some paid (like
GFI) and some outsourced services (like
www.postini.com )
Hope this helps.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
In addition to Brian's reply - rules are a pretty ineffective way to
deal with spam. Look into third party spam filters such as SpamBayes
(free), etc.
and you may be happier....
