Monday, March 12, 2007

Quarantine E-Mail Messages from Unknown Sources

Want to keep e-mail messages from people that you don’t know out of your Inbox? You can set rules to move messages from unknown sources to a separate folder where you can sort through them at your leisure.
First, create a new folder in your Inbox to hold any mail sent by an unknown source:
  1. In the Folder list, right-click Inbox and click New Folder. (If your Folder list is not visible, click Folder List on the View menu.)
  2. Type a name for the folder, such as Unknown Sender, and click OK.

Next, create a new rule with the Rules Wizard:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Rules Wizard.
  2. Click New, and then click Start from a blank rule.
  3. Click Check messages when they arrive, and click Next.
  4. In the Which condition(s) do you want to check? box, select the on this machine only check box.
  5. Click Next.
  6. In the What do you want to do with the message box, click move it to the specified folder.
  7. In the Rule description box, click specified, click the folder you created (such as Unknown Sender), and then click OK.
  8. Click Next.
  9. In the Add any exceptions box, select the except if sender is in specified Address Book checkbox.
  10. In the Rule description box, click specified.
  11. In the Add Address List dialog box, choose Outlook Address Book, click Add, and then click Next.
  12. Type the name of your rule, click Finish, and then click O

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