Information Systems has created a folder in your Inbox called Junk Mail. We have also created a Spam rule that you can import into Outlook. This rule will move all suspected spam, which has been flagged **SPAM?** by SpamAssassin, into the Junk Mail folder. With this rule in place, the suspected Spam will not appear in your Inbox, but it will still be accessible to you. You can periodically check the Junk Mail folder for "real" mail, and empty the Junk Mail folder. A more complete overview of Spam filtering at UWB can be found on our Spam Filtering Overview page.
PLEASE NOTE: The Help Desk is more than happy to assist you if you have any problems with setting up a rule, or if you would like a technician to set this up for you. Please contact the Help Desk at (425) 352-5275 or help@uwb.edu.
To import the Spam rule into Outlook 2002 for Windows, you will need to follow these steps only once:
Launch Outlook.
In Outlook, click Tools, then Rules Wizard.
You may get the following message, if so, click the Server button.
In "The Rules Wizard" window, click the Options button.
In the "Options" window, click the Import Rules button.
In the "Import Rules From..." window, in the "File Name" field, type \\mercury\spamrule\windowsxp\spamxp.rwz
Then click Open.
This will take you to the SpamXP rule on Mercury. In the "Import Rules from" window, click OK.
You may get a message that states "The Rules Wizard is trying to import a rule that was created by Outlook 2000...", click Yes.
In the "Options" window, click OK.
In the "Rules Wizard" window, under "Apply rules in the following order:" you should see ** SPAM? **, make sure there is a check in the box to the left of it.
Then, under "Rule description", click on specified folder.
In the "Rules Wizard" window, click the Junk Mail folder to highlight it, then click OK.
In the Rules Wizard window click OK.
If you find that you are getting Spam in your Inbox, and that it is not flagged with **SPAM?** in the subject line, please refer to Reporting Email Abuse.
If you have any problems with setting up a rule, or would like some assistance, please contact the Help Desk at 2-5275 or help@uwb.edu.
