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Filtering out junk mail in Outlook 2003I want to make outlook more discriminating in terms of filtering out
junk emails. Under Actions->Junk Emails, I can set the filter from low to high, but how do you do this without having some good emails go into the junk email folder and losing them? Thanks, Scott In news:1160790087.918732.125150@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, Uncle Scotty <scottspieg***@gmail.com> typed:> I want to make outlook more discriminating in terms of filtering out You can't....with every increase in your spam detection, there is an > junk emails. Under Actions->Junk Emails, I can set the filter from low > to high, but how do you do this without having some good emails go > into the junk email folder and losing them? > > Thanks, Scott increase in the possibility of "false positives". I suggest you regularly empty out the junk email folder so that the 'unread message' notification is useful information to you - but you should check for false positives & whitelist them before purging the folder, of course. What do you mean by whitelist? And, how does emptying out junk mail
make the 'unread message' notification useful information to me? Thanks again, Scott Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote: Show quote > In news:1160790087.918732.125150@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, > Uncle Scotty <scottspieg***@gmail.com> typed: > > I want to make outlook more discriminating in terms of filtering out > > junk emails. Under Actions->Junk Emails, I can set the filter from low > > to high, but how do you do this without having some good emails go > > into the junk email folder and losing them? > > > > Thanks, Scott > > You can't....with every increase in your spam detection, there is an > increase in the possibility of "false positives". I suggest you regularly > empty out the junk email folder so that the 'unread message' notification is > useful information to you - but you should check for false positives & > whitelist them before purging the folder, of course. In news:1161139431.340607.322120@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, Uncle Scotty <scottspieg***@gmail.com> typed:> What do you mean by whitelist? When you see a valid message that was put in the junk e-mail folder, and you click Not Junk.... > And, how does emptying out junk mail Because it will be an easy reminder for you to look at the new mail, to see > make the 'unread message' notification useful information to me? if you need to whitelist it. Show quote > > Thanks again, Scott > > Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote: >> In news:1160790087.918732.125150@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, >> Uncle Scotty <scottspieg***@gmail.com> typed: >>> I want to make outlook more discriminating in terms of filtering out >>> junk emails. Under Actions->Junk Emails, I can set the filter from >>> low to high, but how do you do this without having some good emails >>> go into the junk email folder and losing them? >>> >>> Thanks, Scott >> >> You can't....with every increase in your spam detection, there is an >> increase in the possibility of "false positives". I suggest you >> regularly empty out the junk email folder so that the 'unread >> message' notification is useful information to you - but you should >> check for false positives & whitelist them before purging the >> folder, of course.  
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