Outlook 2003 Spam Filter

This page will detail how to set up the Microsoft Outlook 2003 Rules Wizard to move emails detected as spam to your deleted items folder. If you want to put these emails in another folder, then you must create a folder in Outlook and then substitute that folder name with the deleted items folder in the below tutorial.

Please note that you must be subscribed to the Compwise Anti-Spam service for this to work.

Open Microsoft Outlook and click the Tools menu. Select Rules Wizard from the list.

If you already have filters set up in Outlook you will see the box below. Click the New Rule button. If this is your first rule then skip this image.

Select start creating a rule from a template and select the Move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder rule. In the bottom box click on specific words to bring up the search text window.

Enter SPAM: ( you must enter the colon after spam) into the box and click Add. Then click OK to yake you back to the rules wizard window.

In the bottom box click on the word specified to bring up the folder list.

Select Deleted items ( or your prefered folder ) from the list and click OK.

Double check your choices in the bottom box. They should look like the image below.

Click Finish to finalise the rule. You should now see it in the rules and alerts list. Make sure it's ticked and then click OK.

Your Rule should now be set.