Filter Emails in Outlook
(2010/2013)
Step 1
Open Outlook
Step 2
Click the Home Tab, select Rules near the right-side, and Manage Rules & Alerts...
Step 3
Click New Rule to start a rule
Step 4
Choose “Move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder”
Step 5
Under “Edit the rule description”, click Specific Words
Step 6
In the text box, type "[SPAM]" (without the quotes) and click Add
Be sure [SPAM] appears in the Search list box, and click OK
Step 7
Click on specified to choose where you want to send the spam email
Step 8
Select Deleted Items folder and click OK
Note: You can choose any folder or create a new folder if desired (i.e. spam or junk)
Step 9
Now that the rule description is done, click Finish
Step 10
Make sure the new Spam rule is listed and checked, and click OK to end the Rules and Alerts Wizard.
Step 11
Congratulations, you have now setup Outlook 2010/2013 with a SPAM Filter
Any new email labeled [SPAM] from the University's email server will be transferred to the Deleted Items
folder. You can also customize these rules to be more or less effective in removing spam.