Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Filter Junk E-mail

You can use Outlook Mail’s Junk E-mail Filter to automatically divert junk mail, also called spam, from your inbox into a special Junk E-Mail folder using settings you specify. Not having to sift through dozens of spam e-mails each day to locate “real” messages is a real timesaver!

Filter Junk E-mail

Change Junk E-Mail Filter Settings

By default, Outlook Mail applies a low level of protection from junk e-mail, but you can change these settings.

1.	To change the level of protection, click Actions.
2.	Click Junk E-mail.
3.	Click Junk E-mail Options. [View full size image] The Junk E-mail Options dialog box appears. Click an option to specify the level of protection from junk e-mail you want. Select this check box if you want Outlook to delete junk e-mail messages instead of moving them to the Junk E-mail folder. Select this check box if you want Outlook to disable links in suspicious messages. Select this check box if you want Outlook to warn you if it detects a suspicious ...