hey guys,
I too have had a massive problem with spam, but I have found a way around it that works perfectly for me!
In outlook express I set up a message rule called "Spam Filter" and put in a hell of a lot of variations of the viruses/spam I am getting, all you need to do is put the subject, since I have done this only once every 4/5 days do I get a spam message, if I do I just add it to the list and voila.
You must set the message rule so it deletes the mail from the mail server as apposed to downloading it, works much better...
1. Open Outlook Express
2. Go to Tools Menu > Message Rules > Mail
3. Click on the "new" button and under "1. Select the Conditions for your rule:" go down the list till you find "Where the subject line contains specific words" and tick the white box to the left of that text.
4. under the "2. Select the Actions for your rule:" list, scroll down until you find "Delete it from server" (at the very bottom of the list) and tick the white box before that text
5. in the "3. Rule Description" box click on the underlined blue text and it will pop up a box entitled "Type Specific Words", in that window type in all of the following list, making sure you do one at a time and pressing add every time, you cannot type all of them at once and then click add, it will not work that way!
***MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT USE THE "s when typing out these subject lines***
"Re: Approved"
"Re: Your text"
"Re: Here"
"Re: Your picture"
"is that your finger?"
"Re: Your music"
"Re: Your software"
"Re: Thanks!"
"Re: Your details"
"Re: Details"
"Re: Your website"
"Re: Excel file"
"Re: My details"
"Re: Your archive"
"Re: Re: Message"
"Re: Your document"
you must make sure you get the spacing right between Re: and the key words!
once all these are done and are all listed in the Words box then click ok then go to the "4. Name of the rule" box and type in Virus Blocker and click ok.
Next time you check your email the green bar will go up and then says "receiving email" the green bar prior to that checks the messages on the server and deletes any that have the above subjects or any additional that you want to block.
Hope this helps, if you have any questions or any problems setting it up let me know
Kind Regards,
Simon