How to Stop Male Enhancement Spam on Outlook or Vista Mail

Go to "File" (or "Tools" if you are using an older version of Outlook)., In Outlook choose “Rules and Alerts.” In Vista Mail choose “Message Rules” then “Mail”. , In Outlook, choose “New Rule”., From the “Select Conditions” box; in Vista Mail put a...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Go to "File" (or "Tools" if you are using an older version of Outlook).

    In the “Start from a blank rule”, choose " Apply rule on messages I receive“ (or "Check messages when they arrive” for older versions) and click “Next”. ,,,,, In Vista Mail from the “Rule Description” box; click on the blue underlined link “and” now change it to the second option “Messages match any one of the criteria”; push “OK”.

    The blue underlined link should change to “or”.

    Then from the “Rule Description” box; click on the SECOND blue underlined link “contains specific words”.

    Now repeat steps 6 through 8 using the same words as before. ,, In Outlook push “Next” then “Next" again. , Click on “Finish” then "Apply" and “OK”.

    In Vista Mail click on “OK” then again on “OK”. , If you want to add more words later or delete some go to “Tools” then in Vista Mail go to “Message Rules” then “Mail”; now make sure that the correct rule is selected in the top box and in the “Rule Description” box click on the FIRST blue underlined link “contains…” repeat for the SECOND blue underlined link “contains…” with the same words; in Outlook click on “Rules and Alerts” now make sure that the correct rule is selected in the top box and in the “Rule Description” box click on the blue underlined link.
  2. Step 2: In Outlook choose “Rules and Alerts.” In Vista Mail choose “Message Rules” then “Mail”.

  3. Step 3: In Outlook

  4. Step 4: choose “New Rule”.

  5. Step 5: From the “Select Conditions” box; in Vista Mail put a checkmark into “Where the Subject Line contains specific words” and another checkmark into “Where the message body contains specific words”; in Outlook put a checkmark into “with specific words in the subject or body”.

  6. Step 6: From the “Rule Description” box; in Vista Mail click on the FIRST blue underlined link “contains specific words”; in Outlook click on the blue underlined link “specific words”.

  7. Step 7: In the top box

  8. Step 8: put in a word that is used in this message that makes it offensive

  9. Step 9: such as “penis” or “enlargement”

  10. Step 10: you can also use phrases such as “bigger dick”.

  11. Step 11: Each time you put in a new word or phrase

  12. Step 12: click on “Add”.

  13. Step 13: When you have added all of the words and phrases push “OK”

  14. Step 14: don’t worry you can add more at a later time.

  15. Step 15: In Outlook

  16. Step 16: push “Next”.

  17. Step 17: From the “Select Actions” box

  18. Step 18: put a checkmark into “delete it".

  19. Step 19: In the “Name for this Rule” box name the rule appropriately

  20. Step 20: such as “penis enlargement SPAM blocker”.

  21. Step 21: That’s it; from now on any email that contains the words you added earlier will be automatically deleted.

Detailed Guide

In the “Start from a blank rule”, choose " Apply rule on messages I receive“ (or "Check messages when they arrive” for older versions) and click “Next”. ,,,,, In Vista Mail from the “Rule Description” box; click on the blue underlined link “and” now change it to the second option “Messages match any one of the criteria”; push “OK”.

The blue underlined link should change to “or”.

Then from the “Rule Description” box; click on the SECOND blue underlined link “contains specific words”.

Now repeat steps 6 through 8 using the same words as before. ,, In Outlook push “Next” then “Next" again. , Click on “Finish” then "Apply" and “OK”.

In Vista Mail click on “OK” then again on “OK”. , If you want to add more words later or delete some go to “Tools” then in Vista Mail go to “Message Rules” then “Mail”; now make sure that the correct rule is selected in the top box and in the “Rule Description” box click on the FIRST blue underlined link “contains…” repeat for the SECOND blue underlined link “contains…” with the same words; in Outlook click on “Rules and Alerts” now make sure that the correct rule is selected in the top box and in the “Rule Description” box click on the blue underlined link.

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