Outlook 2003 spam

[tim55]

With many anti-spam products, any email which is triggered as spam has information entered within the header which tells you why it was designated as spam. This does not seem the case with the junk email system in Outlook 2003. Is there a way to find out why a particular email was considered spam?

Also, I have just clicked on the Test Account Settings button in Email Accounts and the test email ended up in my Junk Email folder! Not a very intelligent system!

 

[rvnguy]

Check your tools rules wizard for any rules applied...If on a domain with exchange check the mail policies applied

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all

 

[euston]

Have a look at POPFile. This is a Bayesian spam filter which learns (or rather you teach it) as you distinguish between spam and legitimate email. It works well with both big and small Outlooks and with Thunderbird.

I have been using POPFile for over a year now. I enjoy filtering accuracy of 98.31% (and still improving). The author of POPFile, which is freeware by the way, reputedly has insights into the devious workings of the spammer's mind. Random words, poetry; all come the same to POPFile which remorselessly identifies spam. I receive around 100 spam emails each day and POPFile saves heaps of time by providing the necessary addition to the subject line so that Outlook Express filter rules can stick it into an appropriate folder. Everything else is ineffective compared with POPFile. It doesn't need updates because YOU are teaching it and so it adapts to YOUR particular email habits.

POPFile web site is

http://popfile.sourceforge.net/

I must add that I don't ever use sender blocking. POPFile is sooooooo good that blocking is quite unnecessary. Neither do I need to use whitelists.

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