![]() Apple automatically performs some blocking and filtering for iCloud. Stop unwanted emails at your email hostĮnable any spam-filtering options available. However, you can take steps that will help mitigate it, if you aren’t already. (There are ways for owners of domains and operators of mail servers to specify and validate the only legitimate servers that a return address comes from, but they’re not universally deployed nor perfect.)Īnd even if there were a way to prevent malicious and criminal parties from being able to send email from accounts under their control, an unknown, very large number of computers and email accounts have been hijacked or can be on a moment’s notice, sending scams through addresses that otherwise have only carried legitimate email until that point. ![]() Another is that return addresses can be forged-at least some of the time-because there’s no verification system that ensures an email you receive was sent from the address shown to have sent it. 09) Create Outlook Rules to Use SpamSieve.03) Copy SpamSieve into your Applications folder.That’s one problem, because since server and messages are mostly trusted, scammers, spammers, and aggressive legitimate marketers can’t simply be blocked before the message lands at your email host, the site at which email is accepted for your address. Got a spam problem? After my company “upgraded”our mail server at my day job, we went from getting a few spam emails a day to hundreds. ![]() The Microsoft Outlook application for Mac has a built-in Junk Mail feature, but it sucks. And my IT department is too busy to care. So I had to take control of the situation myself. I now hardly ever get a spam email in my inbox. This tutorial will show you how to install and setup SpamSieve, the ultimate Microsoft Outlook spam blocker, and filter out almost 100% of all junk mail from your inbox. This tutorial will concentrate on Microsoft Outlook but SpamSieve works on a variety of Mac email clients including Apple Mail, Airmail, GyazMail, MailMate, Mailsmith, Postbox, PowerMail, Emailer, Microsoft Entourage, Eudora, MailForge, Outlook Express, and Mozilla Thunderbird. Please read SpamSieve’s requirements section for more details and supported versions of these apps. This tutorial will take you about 10-15 minutes. SpamSieve is a collection of AppleScripts for Macintosh OS X that learns and adapts to the specific types of junk mail that normally get in your inbox and block it. SpamSieve has won multiple awards and has an impressive collection of testimonials from famous users like David Pogue from The New York Times. SpamSieve has a free trial version but the full version costs $30. When you think about how much time you spend a day managing your junk mail, $30 is well worth it. SpamSieve will download to your Mac as a. 03) Copy SpamSieve into your Applications folderĪfter you open the disk image, you will see a folder containing the SpamSieve app. Drag the SpamSieve icon into the Applications folder for your Mac.ĭo not double-click on the app while it’s still on the disk image. Copy it into your Applications folder! SpamSieve’s scripts need to know where SpamSieve is located. If you install SpamSieve in any folder on your hard drive besides your Applications folder, then SpamSieve may not function properly. You can now eject the SpamSieve disk image by dragging it into the Trash icon in your Dock. ![]() Microsoft’s junk email prevention is a joke. We need to turn it off so it doesn’t conflict with SpamSieve. From the Tools menu in Outlook, select Junk E-Mail Protection. Microsoft Outlook > Tools > Junk E-Mail Protectionĭouble-click on the SpamSieve application icon to open the program. Go to the SpamSieve menu and choose Preferences.įrom SpamSieve’s Preferences screen, make sure that “Use Entourage/Outlook address book” is selected. Then click on the Load button.Īfter your address book loads (it will take longer if you have a big one) a pop-up screen will ask you to chose Entourage or Outlook. Now you need to add SpamSieve’s scripts to Outlook. Choose “Install Outlook Scripts” from the SpamSieve menu.You should now see the following SpamSieve scripts under the AppleScript menu in Outlook:Ġ9) Create Outlook Rules to Use SpamSieve SpamSieve’s scripts are now installed, we just need to tell Outlook when to run them by creating Rules.įrom Outlook’s Tools menu, select the “Rules” option.
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