Outlook: Creating X-Spam-Level Header to Message Filters

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Adding X-Spam-Level Header to Outlook Message Filter

This document assumes that:

NOTES:

The screen captures below may look different if you are using Outlook XP/2000/98.

Outlook 97 does not support rules.
Outlook Express from version 4 to version 6 does not support user defined filters.

From Tools menu option, select Rules and Alerts.
In Rules and Alerts, inside E-mail Rules tab, click on New Rule.
In Rules Wizard:
Select Start from a blank rule.
Highlight Check messages when they arrive.
Click on Next.
Put a checkmark next to with specific words in the the message header.
In the Step 2: Edit the Rule description section, click on the specific words link.
In the Search Text window:
- In the Specify words or phrases to search for in the message header, type in X-Spam-Level: XXX
- Click on Add.
NOTE:
There is a space between X-Spam-Level: and XXX.
X-Spam-Level: XXX string will be displayed in the Search list.
Click on OK.
In the Step 1: Select action(s), put a checkmark next to move it to the specified folder.
In the Step 2: Edit the rule description, click on specified folder link.
Select Spam folder under your Inbox and click OK.
Click on the Next.
In the next window, click the Next.
Click on Finish.
Click on Apply.
Click on OK.