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Adding a rule in outlook to redirect spam email

The steps

  1. From the menu bar select Tools then Rules Wizard.
  2. To create a new rule click on New.
  3. Select Start from a blank rule.
  4. Select Check messages when they arrive.
  5. Click the Next button.example
  6. Place a tick in the box next to With specific words in the message header.
  7. In the Rule description box click on specific words to add more detail. example
  8. Type in X-Spam-Score: **********.  (be sure to leave a space following the colon) You can put as many stars * as you wish, 10 seems to be a reasonable number. Spam assassin uses rules to calculate whether a mail message is spam or not. This information is stored in the message header. The more stars there are in the message header the more likely it is that the email is spam.
  9. Click on Add.
  10. Click on OK
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  11. Place a tick next to move it to the specific folder.
  12. In the Rule description box click on specified to add more detail.example
  13. Click on New to add a new folder.example
  14. Type in the name of the folder in this case SPAM, click on OK, click OK again.exampleexample
  15. Click Next.
  16. No need to add any exceptions click Next.
  17. Ensure there is a tick next to Turn on this rule.
  18. Click on Finish.example
  19. X-Spam-Score:********** should be ticked, click OK.example

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