message rules

[GerryGoldberg]

I use Outlook Express and I am trying to limit "spam" and/or "virus" e-mails from being received on my system. I have used the "Block Sender" feature successfully to do this for "spam" messages but my list of "Blocked Senders" is growing very long. Is there a limit to how many names I can specify?

For blocking viruses and other generic e-mails, I am trying to use "Message Rules". Is there any documentation available on what the "Actions" actually do? For example, when I don't want a message to appear at all, am I better off choosing "Delete message on server" or "Do not download message from server"? Are there any ramifications about message storage space on the server?

Thanks,

Gerry Goldberg

 

[petermeachem]

If you don't want a message to appear, then you don't want it left on the server either I expect, so select Delete message on server. There must be some issue about storage space on the server. After all it's just a computer somewhere else. I really don't know what ISP's do with very old email messages that aren't downloaded. Nothing at all I would imagine. Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com