How Outlook 2003
Helps Block Junk E-Mail Messages
These
Outlook 2003 features are designed to
work together to help block unwanted
e-mail messages.
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Junk E-Mail Filter: Outlook 2003
uses state-of-the-art technology
developed by Microsoft Research to
evaluate whether a message should be
treated as a junk e-mail message
based on several factors—such as the
time the message was sent and the
content and structure of the
message. The filter does not single
out any particular sender or type of
e-mail message. Rather, it uses
advanced analysis to determine how
likely it is to be thought of by you
as a junk e-mail message.
By
default, this filter is set to a low
setting designed to catch the most
obvious junk e-mail messages.
Messages caught by the filter are
moved to a special Junk E-mail
folder, where you can access them
later. If you want, you can make the
filter more aggressive (perhaps
mistakenly catching more legitimate
messages), or even set Outlook 2003
to permanently delete junk e-mail
messages as they come in.
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Safe Senders List: If an e-mail
message is mistakenly marked as a
junk e-mail message by the filter,
you can easily add the sender of
that message to your Safe Senders
List. E-mail addresses and domain
names on the Safe Senders List are
never treated as junk e-mail
messages, regardless of the content
of the message. Contacts are trusted
by default and messages from them
will never be treated as junk e-mail
messages. When your company uses
Microsoft Exchange Server, messages
from within the organization will
also never be treated as junk e-mail
messages. You can configure Outlook
2003 to accept only messages from
the Safe Senders List, giving you
total control over which messages
you receive.
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Blocked Senders List: E-mail
messages from a certain e-mail
address or domain name can easily be
blocked by adding the sender to your
Blocked Senders List. Messages from
people or domain names on your
Blocked Senders List will always be
treated as junk e-mail messages,
regardless of the content of the
message.
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Safe Recipients Lists: An
e-mailing list or group that you are
a member of can be added to your
Safe Recipients Lists. Any messages
sent to the e-mail addresses or
domain names on this list will not
be treated as junk e-mail messages,
regardless of the sender or content
of the message.
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AutoUpdate: You can update your
Junk E-Mail Filter with periodic
updates from Microsoft so you have
the latest methods to block unwanted
messages. Microsoft is committed to
providing periodic updates of the
Junk E-Mail Filter. However, in
Microsoft Office 2003 Beta 2 the
AutoUpdate feature is not included.
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