How to BULK Block spam emails in Outlook Express?

Question

I have to post classsified ads online as part of my job, so my
work email address is out there quite alot.
As a result, I get spammed with alot of junk mail.
I know how to Block them individually and also go to "Tools"
and put them on the "delete" list should these "from" emails contain these spammers' email addresses......BUT I get 100's
of them and it takes up a good 40 minutes each day! So, HELP!

Is there a way to BULK BLOCK? I tried "ctrl" to highlight all of them, but it doesn't work - it seems (only from my low level of knowledge of Outlook Express) MSFT Outlook Express only allows users to Block Spam/Junk Mail one piece at a time??

Please help!! Thanks!

Answer 1

You will continue to spend too much time trying to beat this unless you setup a system that really works. S p a m s t e r s are constantly delivering messages under different user names, different subject and message content and different IP's. If you try to write rules or alerts for these, it will never end.



In Outlook Express:



Create folders for each contact. or generalize like:

Family

Friends

Co-Workers

etc.



Create a rule for that contact.

When you receive email from someone you want, create a rule from that message.



Highlight that email in your viewer

Click on message tab

Create Rule from Message

Check "Where the from line contains people"

Check" Move it to the specified folder"

Click 'specified' folder and select the folder you want this message to be filtered to.



If you continue to do this over time (a few minutes a day over the next month or so) the only email that will remain in your inbox will be unwanted or unsolicited messages. Holding the shift button down select the first email and then the last and blow all of them away simultaneously.



Then, simply right click on Deleted Items and Empty 'Deleted Items' Folder.



Hope this helps!

Answer 2

it generally does not help much to block those addresses since the spammers are getting new ones constantly.



another approach is to use norton anti-spam. i have it set up to only allow certain valid addresses in and it puts everthing else in a separate spam folder. i take a quick look at the spam folder periodically to catch anything valid that should have made it to the inbox and then empty the spam folder with one click into the deleted items folder which you can empty on exit. good luck.

Answer 3

Do a google search for Mozilla Thunderbird - it replaces Outlook Express and has a built in spam filter - It upgrades itself and replaces Outlook - just follow the prompts

Answer 4

I am not sure what you meant by bulk block. But you can set up custom rules to block e-mail from certain domain, or title contains certain text or e-mail that doesn't contain your name on the To or CC list. Go to Tools and select Rules and Alerts.