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Working With Blocked and Accepted Messages
42 McAfee
®
SpamKiller
®
software version 7.0
From Microsoft Outlook
In Microsoft Outlook, messages from members of an Exchange server are
considered safe and are not filtered by SpamKiller. Only messages from external
sources are filtered.
1
Open your Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express Inbox.
2
Select a message, and then click . A copy of the message is put in the
Blocked E-mail page.
Where are the blocked messages
By default, spam messages are tagged as [SPAM] and placed in the SpamKiller
folder in Outlook and Outlook Express, or your Inbox. Tagged messages also
appear on the Accepted E-mail page.
Deleting a message manually
1
Click the
Messages
tab, and then click the
Blocked E-mail
tab.
Or
From the SpamKiller menu in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, select
View Blocked Messages
to open the Blocked E-mail page for that account.
2
Select a message to delete.
3
Click
Delete this message
. A confirmation dialog box appears.
4
Click
Yes
to delete the message.
Modifying how spam messages are processed
When spam is found, the message is tagged or blocked. Spam messages are
removed from your server every time SpamKiller connects to it.
Tagging
The e-mail subject line is tagged with [SPAM] and the message goes in your Inbox
or SpamKiller folder, if you have Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express.
Blocking
The message is removed and placed in the SpamKiller Blocked E-mail page. If
legitimate mail is blocked, you can rescue the message (see Rescuing messages).