Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to go
to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it could
read the Windows Address Book for approved senders and senders not in it are
seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very effective and easy
way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there is not a simple
freeware add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.

Buford T. Justice wrote:
Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders
to go to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it
could read the Windows Address Book for approved senders
and senders not in it are seen as blocked senders. I think that
would be a very effective and easy way to deal with spam. I would be
surprised if there is not a simple freeware add-on for Outlook
Express that would do this.

You can already come very close to that with OE's rules. Just set it to
divert anything that doesn't have your real address in the From line. Spams
seldom do.

"Buford T. Justice" wrote in message news:j8PGh.11303$ig.3467@trndny01...
Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to go to the Inbox and
blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it could read the Windows Address Book for
approved senders and senders not in it are seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very
effective and easy way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there is not a simple freeware
add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.
This is already possible with a "Message Rule".
Do a Google on "message rules" and you will get lots of helpful tips and hints.
However, be careful with this type of rule. Your friends may not be able to send you their change
of address when they hop to a new ISP.

Tools | Options | Message Rules | Mail | New.

Box 1 - Where the From line contains people {check it}

Box 2 - Check: Delete it from server (Or Delete it & Stop processing more
rules if you want messages not in the Address Book to go to Deleted Items).

Box 3 - Click on the blue words Contains People

Click on the first address to highlight it. Scroll down to the end and hold
down the Ctrl key while you click on the last address. This will highlight
them all. Right click on them and click on From in the menu that appears.

Now click Options and Choose: Message *does not contain* the people below in
the top Options box, and choose: Message matches any one of the people below
in the bottom Options box.

OK your way out of the new rule.

Now, only addresses you entered will be downloaded. You will not see any
other e-mail.

Don't forget, if you add someone to your Address Book, you will have to add
them to the rule. It will not be added automatically.

Be sure to see these links for more options.

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

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

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

"Buford T. Justice" wrote in message
news:j8PGh.11303$ig.3467@trndny01...
Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to
go to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it
could read the Windows Address Book for approved senders and senders not
in it are seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very effective
and easy way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there is not a
simple freeware add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.

Poprivet wrote:
Buford T. Justice wrote:
Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders
to go to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it
could read the Windows Address Book for approved senders
and senders not in it are seen as blocked senders. I think that
would be a very effective and easy way to deal with spam. I would be
surprised if there is not a simple freeware add-on for Outlook
Express that would do this.

You can already come very close to that with OE's rules. Just set it to
divert anything that doesn't have your real address in the From line. Spams
seldom do.

You mean "... in the To (or Cc) line". But I'm afraid that quite some
spam *does* have the user's real address in the To line.

Checking on a valid From, and considering everything else to
(probably) be spam, is often better, but takes more maintenance because
one has to add/change each new/changed sender in the message rule.

Also don't put presumed spam in the Deleted Items folder, or at least
don't empty that folder automatically, but put them in a (presumed) Spam
or similar folder.

Thanks for the replies. The Message Rule sounds like it would be too much
of a pain to maintain. I just want to find a program that integrates into
OE that just does approved and blocked senders only. No SPAM detection
using filters or anything just approved and blocked senders is all. Kind of
like Outlook 2003.

BTJustice

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Tools | Options | Message Rules | Mail | New.

Box 1 - Where the From line contains people {check it}

Box 2 - Check: Delete it from server (Or Delete it & Stop processing more
rules if you want messages not in the Address Book to go to Deleted
Items).

Box 3 - Click on the blue words Contains People

Click on the first address to highlight it. Scroll down to the end and
hold down the Ctrl key while you click on the last address. This will
highlight them all. Right click on them and click on From in the menu that
appears.

Now click Options and Choose: Message *does not contain* the people below
in the top Options box, and choose: Message matches any one of the people
below in the bottom Options box.

OK your way out of the new rule.

Now, only addresses you entered will be downloaded. You will not see any
other e-mail.

Don't forget, if you add someone to your Address Book, you will have to
add them to the rule. It will not be added automatically.

Be sure to see these links for more options.

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

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

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

"Buford T. Justice" wrote in message
news:j8PGh.11303$ig.3467@trndny01...
Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to
go to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it
could read the Windows Address Book for approved senders and senders not
in it are seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very
effective and easy way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there
is not a simple freeware add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.

I don't know of any program that will do what you want.

I created a similar rule awhile back, but had messages not approved sent to
a folder I called View Offline. As I got legit mail from places of business,
bills, etc. I added the From address to the rule, but not the Address Book
itself.

It wasn't so hard and the only maintaining I have to do is if I start to get
messages from a new place of business, I have to add it to the rule.

That is about the best you can do with what OE has to offer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Buford T. Justice" wrote in message
news:k7ZGh.11$1g.2@trndny05...
Thanks for the replies. The Message Rule sounds like it would be too much
of a pain to maintain. I just want to find a program that integrates into
OE that just does approved and blocked senders only. No SPAM detection
using filters or anything just approved and blocked senders is all. Kind
of like Outlook 2003.

BTJustice

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Tools | Options | Message Rules | Mail | New.

Box 1 - Where the From line contains people {check it}

Box 2 - Check: Delete it from server (Or Delete it & Stop processing more
rules if you want messages not in the Address Book to go to Deleted
Items).

Box 3 - Click on the blue words Contains People

Click on the first address to highlight it. Scroll down to the end and
hold down the Ctrl key while you click on the last address. This will
highlight them all. Right click on them and click on From in the menu
that appears.

Now click Options and Choose: Message *does not contain* the people below
in the top Options box, and choose: Message matches any one of the people
below in the bottom Options box.

OK your way out of the new rule.

Now, only addresses you entered will be downloaded. You will not see any
other e-mail.

Don't forget, if you add someone to your Address Book, you will have to
add them to the rule. It will not be added automatically.

Be sure to see these links for more options.

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

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

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

"Buford T. Justice" wrote in message
news:j8PGh.11303$ig.3467@trndny01...
Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to
go to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it
could read the Windows Address Book for approved senders and senders not
in it are seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very
effective and easy way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there
is not a simple freeware add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.

Buford T. Justice wrote:
Thanks for the replies. The Message Rule sounds like it would be too much
of a pain to maintain. I just want to find a program that integrates into
OE that just does approved and blocked senders only. No SPAM detection
using filters or anything just approved and blocked senders is all. Kind of
like Outlook 2003.

Well, there is a program which sort of does what you want, MailWasher
[1].

As the name implies, MailWasher 'washes'/cleans your mail *before* you
download it, and you only download 'washed'/clean mail to your e-mail
client, i.e. in this case OE.

The idea is that you maintain your blocked or/and approved senders
list in MailWasher *instead of* in OE, i.e. no *extra* maintenance, only
*different* maintenance.

You can set several degrees of thoroughness in MailWasher, ranging
from 'do nothing' to 'kill all spam and stamp it with both feet'.

Please try it, I think you'll like it. More info on the website.

[1] http://www.mailwasher.net

Your method seems to be about the only option...

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-4_102-0....geID=242107 4

Thanks for your help.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Buford T. Justice"
Sent: 03/05/2007 12:54:07 AM -0600
Subject: Approved / Blocked Senders

Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to go
to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it could
read the Windows Address Book for approved senders and senders not in it are
seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very effective and easy
way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there is not a simple
freeware add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.

I meant to reply to Bruce Hagen's post.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Buford T. Justice"
Sent: 03/05/2007 9:11:57 PM -0600
Subject: Approved / Blocked Senders

Your method seems to be about the only option...

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-4_102-0....geID=242107 4

Thanks for your help.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Buford T. Justice"
Sent: 03/05/2007 12:54:07 AM -0600
Subject: Approved / Blocked Senders

Is there a program available that simply allows only approved senders to go
to the Inbox and blocked senders to go to Deleted Items? Perhaps it could
read the Windows Address Book for approved senders and senders not in it are
seen as blocked senders. I think that would be a very effective and easy
way to deal with spam. I would be surprised if there is not a simple
freeware add-on for Outlook Express that would do this.