If you have Block Images checked, or you read in Plain Text, you don't have
to worry about SpamBots, ( Web bugs). There is no rule that can detect them.

Filtering in your messages is the most effective, if it is practical for
you. I created a folder canned View Offline. Then I created a rule to only
allow people in my Address book in my Inbox. All other mail would go to the
View Offline folder and, as it implies, I would click the Offline button on
the toolbar before opening the folder. As mail came in that I wanted in my
Inbox, like places of business I deal with, I would just add them to the
rule.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Controlling Junk Mail in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../junkmail.mspx

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"surplus" wrote in message
...
Hi there,
I have been trying to get some successful OE rules set up to filter spam,
have done research, but cannot find the answers below:
Is there a way to filter the message source of a message (trying to
detect
web bugs), or is message content restricted to the viewable message
itself?
Is there any way to set up more complicated conditional rules, ie if
"this
thing", but not "that thing"?
As I said, I have done some research, but is there a particularly good
source of info regarding setting up of rules?
Thanks so much for any help.