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that would trigger it as spam. Be very specific and careful. For instance, Viagra would be a good choice. Doctor may not be unless you are sure you are never going to get a legitimate email from your doctor. Also, note that this is going to have the same problems as trying to block a sender. This rule will block Viagra, but not vi agra, or vi-agra, or any other variation. When you type in the word(s), click Add and then Okay.

Now click on the specified link. If you don't already have one, click on New Folder and create on called junk or spam. Move all your suspected junk mail here until you are sure you aren't getting rid of good mail. Then you can change the rule to delete it.

Notice in the top window there are many different ways to identify the mail you don't want to see. You will need to experiment a bit to find what works best. Before clicking OK to finish the rule, drop down to the fourth box and give this rule a name, like Viagra spam. This way you can find it easy later, (under the Tools, Message Rules menu) to change or delete it.

No one knows when or if this will end. There are a lot of very smart people spending millions of dollars trying to fight spam. But there are just as many creating it, and every time a tool gets invented to fight it, another gets invented to work around that tool. The Can-Spam act is a good start, but it isn't global enough or tough enough.

Meanwhile, you can all do your part to prevent the spread of spam as much as possible. Protect your email address to protect your sanity. Don't reply to spam and never click on a link inside of a spam email. If everyone does their part, maybe we can put spam back on the shelf where it belongs.

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