A system called SpamAssassin checks mail as it come in from the Internet and marks suspect messages as *ISS-Detected SPAM* in the subject line.

Filtering Marked Spam 

Move 'marked Spam' to the 'Junk Mail' folder using the following instructions:

• Outlook 2007 - the standard office mail program used by staff.
• Outlook 2003   
• Outlook Express   
• Outlook Web Access - used from a web browser.
• Webmail - used by students to access Unixmail
• Mozilla Thunderbird - useful for home users.

Check That Outlook Rules Are Server Side

It is important that the rule for moving Spam ia a 'Server Side' rule.

1. in Internet Explorer, type: https://exchange.lancs.ac.uk/exchange/ press Enter - see Outlook Web Access.
2. click on 'Rules' option at the bottom left of the screen - see screen as below:



3. Notice that the 'client side rules are grey and the server side rules are black.
4. close the window to quit.

It is important have *ISS-Detected SPAM* rule in black as a 'Server Side Rule' so that works while Outlook is NOT switched on.

To edit your 'Outlook rules' follow the Outlook Web Access or Outlook 2007 links above as appropriate.

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