This page is about creating a rule in Outlook 2007 to move ISS-Detected SPAM to the 'Junk mail' folder or the 'Deleted Items' folder.

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Filtering ISS Marked Spam in Outlook Express 

You filter for messages marked *ISS-Detected SPAM* in Outlook Express by doing the following:

1. ensure that you are in the main window of Outlook Express.
2. click on the 'Tools' then 'Message Rules' option then 'Mail' option - see 'New Mail Rule' Dialog.
3. click on 'Where the Subject line contains specific words' option - see tick against it and 'contains specific words' option appear at the bottom of the dialog.
4. click on the 'contains specific words' option at the bottom of the dialog - see 'Type Specific Words' dialog appear.
5. type: *ISS-Detected SPAM*    - be careful of the capitalisation.
6. click on the 'Add' button - see OK button light up.
7. click OK - see 'New Mail Rule' dialog.
8. click on the 'Move to a specified folder' option - see 'Specified' (folder) option appear below.
9. click on 'Specified' option - see 'Move' dialog appear.
10. click on the 'New' button.
11. type in: Spam  then click OK - see new folder.
12. click on the new 'Spam' folder then click OK.
13. against 'Name of the rule' type: ISS Spam   then click OK
14. click OK again.

If you have 'ISS-Detected Spam' that you would like to move to the 'Spam' folder, do the following:

1. click on the 'Tools' then 'Message Rules' option then 'Mail' option - see 'New Mail Rule' Dialog.
2. click on 'Apply Rule' button - see ISS-Detected Spam moved to Spam folder.

From now ISS-Detected Spam will be moved to the Spam folder automatically.

Checking the Spam Folder

You will need to check the Spam folder for 'False Spam' occasionally.

1. click into the Spam folder.
2. check for non-Spam messages and move any out.
3. Press Ctrl & A to highlight all message.
4. press the Delete key - see all messages marked for deletion.

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