Before I tell you about Vista Mail's Junk E-Mail Filter, first and foremost, understand this: Never buy anything in a junk e-mail, never send money, don't order medication, and never give out bank account numbers, social security numbers, or any other personal information (even if you really believe the email is from your bank, the IRS, or anyone else you think you know). By the way, Bill Gates won't pay you for forwarding email and no, that poor Nigerian with all of that money he can't access is not an honest guy.
Whew. OK, now I can talk about Mail's Junk E-Mail Filter.
Windows Mail helps you avoid useless e‑mail messages by catching spam and moving it to the Junk e‑mail folder before you see it. There are four filtering options in Windows Mail:
* No Automatic Filtering. With this, Windows Mail will NOT block junk e‑mail messages.
* Low. Select this option if you receive very little junk e‑mail. You can always increase the filter if necessary.
* High. This is the way to go if you receive a lot of junk e‑mail and want to block as much of it as possible. Some legitimate email will likely be blocked, so you'll have to review Junk e‑mail folder sporadically to make sure email you want isn't going there.
* Safe List Only. If you're a hermit and only have five friends, and if you only want to receive messages from people or domain names on your Safe Senders list, choose this option. This is a radical step, and requires you add every sender you want to receive mail from to the Safe Senders list. Use this as a last resort.
To configure options:
1. In Windows Mail (this is Vista mind you), Click Tools and click Junk E-Mail Options.
2. Make a selection. We suggest starting at Low and moving to High if necessary later. [See Image 1]
3. Click the International tab. Click Blocked Top-Level Domain List. Then, select the countries to block. Click OK. [See Image 2]
11.. Click the International tab. Click Blocked Encoding List. Then, select the countries to block. Click OK. [See Image 3]
12. Click the Phishing tab.
13. Select Protect my Inbox from messages with potential Phishing links. Additionally, move phishing email to the Junk E-Mail folder. [See Image 4]
14. Click OK.