Enabling and Configuring Junk E-Mail Filtering

To begin filtering out unwanted messages, start Outlook 2007 and follow these steps:

  1. Choose Tools, Options, and then click the Junk E-Mail button on the Preferences tab to open the Junk E-Mail Options dialog box (shown earlier in Figure 12-1).

  2. Choose a level of protection on the Options tab, as explained earlier.

  3. If you want to delete messages rather than move them to the Junk E-Mail folder, select the Permanently Delete Suspected Junk E-Mail Instead Of Moving It To The Junk E-Mail Folder check box.

  4. Select the Disable Links And Other Functionality In Phishing Messages check box to protect against common phishing schemes.

  5. If you want to be warned when a domain name appears to be spoofed, select Warn Me About Suspicious Domain Names In E-Mail Addresses.

  6. To enable postmarks on your outbound e-mail, select When Sending E-Mail, Postmark The Message To Help E-Mail Clients Distinguish Regular E-Mail From Junk E-Mail.

  7. Click OK to apply the filter changes.

To configure the lists that Outlook 2007 uses in filtering junk e-mail, start Outlook 2007 and follow these steps:

  1. Choose Tools, Options, and then click the Junk E-Mail button on the Preferences tab to open the Junk E-Mail Options dialog box.

  2. Click the Safe Senders tab, and then click Add and enter the e-mail address or domain of the sender that you want Outlook 2007 to deliver to your Inbox, regardless of content or subject. Click OK, and then repeat this for each sender you want to add.

  3. On the Safe Senders tab, select the Also Trust E-Mail From My Contacts check box if you want Outlook 2007 to always accept e-mail from senders in your Contacts folder, regardless of content or subject. You can also choose to select the Automatically Add People I E-Mail To The Safe Senders List check box.

  4. Click the Safe Recipients tab, and add the target addresses or domains for which Outlook 2007 should allow messages (used typically to accept e-mail sent to a mailing list).

  5. Click the Blocked Senders tab, and add the addresses or domains of junk e-mail senders whose messages you want Outlook 2007 to explicitly block.

  6. Click the International tab, and select the top-level domains and types of language encoding that Outlook 2007 should always block.

  7. Click OK to apply the filter changes.

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