1. MS Outlook - Reducing Junk Mail
Handling junk mail in your Outlook account on a day to day basis can
often get quite annoying if the user receives plenty of spam. People
receive all kinds of mails on their junk mail folder, which may include
spam, adult content mails, scam messages and so on.
At the same it is also possible that the user might receive a few
important mails from acquaintances as well, who do not feature on your
contact list and then it is always advisable for the user to go through the
junk mail folder before he clears it so that the important messages are
not lost in the process.
Hence, from time to time the process can be a little tedious as the user
might have to surf through a large volume of mails. However, MS
Outlook comes with many options where you can add several of the
filters that would effectively have a bearing on volume of junk e-mails
you receive.
Here are a few important tips to help you reduce your junk mail in
your MS Outlook account:-
The process of reducing junk mail on your Outlook account start by
adding filters. Predominantly Outlook offers four types of filters for the
user to choose from. To reach them click on Tools ->Options and then
go to the preferences tab where you can click on Junk E-Mail.
No Automatic Filtering: These pertain to all the mails sent by people,
who have been blocked by the user. As a result the mails would come to
the junk mail folder and not in the inbox.
Low: This option uses predefined filter levels to scan and sift through the
mails that may ideally be spam. It is not possible for the user to make
additional filter criteria to strengthen the filtering process, but the user

2. can create his or her own custom junk e-mail rules with additional
criteria's that may help reduce the influx of unwanted mails.
High: This also uses same filter levels of the former, but comes with
additional scanning properties that help determine if the mails received
may be spam or otherwise. At the same time, the user does not have
control over the scanning process if this option is chosen. Instead it is
advisable for the user to use this option to reroute mails to the junk folder
rather than using it for deletion. This is because even though Outlook
spam filters work very well there is always a possibility of the user losing
out on a few expected and important mails.
Safe Lists Only: This an extreme form of filter, which may be useful for
people who prefer receiving mails only from those on their safe contact
lists. As a result the filters would block all other mails and would be
treated as junk mail. Hence, it is always possible that you might miss out
on a few mails that you might have expected, but didn't reach your inbox
because of the filters. At the same time if the user were to use this
feature make sure to enable routing all unwanted mails to your junk mail
so that the user can periodically scan them to check for any important
messages.