You need a third party program. There are many. K9, SpamPal, PopFile, etc.
OE relies on Message Rules. The most effective is filtering *in* your mail.
Many ISPs also have Spam Filter programs.

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

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

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~

"Deekus" wrote in message
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Does Outlook Express have a spam filtering mechanism or do I have to use a
third party program such as "MailWasher" prior to opening Outlook Express?
If
not, is Outlook Express going to have one incorporated in one of the
updates
in the future?

Cheers....