Windows Mail Outlook Electronic Spam Filtering Techniques And Settings

Do you use Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express? Having problem with spam emails reaching your inbox? How do you filter out these unwanted spam mail? Help keep spam out of your inbox by using the e-mail software with built-in spam filtering function. Microsoft SmartScreen is an intelligent spam-filtering solution that is integrated across all Microsoft e-mail platforms, including:

• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
• Windows Live Hotmail
• Windows Live Mail
• Windows Mail

According to Microsoft, SmartScreen technology comes with an artificial intelligence that is able to determine how to distinguish between legitimate e-mail messages and spam by using extensive user input from hundreds of thousands of MSN Hotmail and Windows Live Hotmail users. Try the following spam filtering techniques and settings, it is the official spam filter:


If you menu bar doesn’t show in Windows Live Mail, try unhide it as shown in the screenshot above.

As shown in the screenshot above, I find the the best filter is to block language that you don’t understand, for instant Russian, Mandarin, Japanese and more. Based on years of trial and error, and being the owner of hotmail, the result is that more legitimate e-mails reach you and upwards of 95% spam is blocked.

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