Q. How can I filter junk email in Netscape/Pine/Outlook/CDE?

1. Netscape
2. Pine
3. Outlook
4. CDE

Netscape:

1. Within Netscape Messenger, select Edit -> Message Filters
2. Click "New"
3. Enter a name for the filter
4. Fill in the criteria
5. Choose an Action - NOTE: WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU CHOSE MOVE AND MOVE THE MESSAGES TO ANOTHER FOLDER WHERE YOU CAN SKIM THROUGH THEM AT YOUR LEISURE BEFORE DELETING - you do not want to take the chance that your filter does not perform as expected and deletes mail you wanted to keep.
6. Click OK
7. Click OK

Pine:

1. From with Pine, select "M" (Main Menu), "S" (Setup), "R" (Rules)
2. At the prompt, enter "F" (Filter)
3. Enter "A" (to add a filter) or "?" for Help on Filters
4. In the add filter screen, press return at any option to enter criteria
5. Enter a nickname for the filter
6. For general filtering, use the "AllText" pattern option - fill in some string of text you want to filter for if it appears in either the header or the body of the message, for example "make money"
7. Most other defaults are OK, in particular, leave INBOX selected
8. For the filter action, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU CHOSE MOVE AND MOVE THE MESSAGES TO ANOTHER FOLDER WHERE YOU CAN SKIM THROUGH THEM AT YOUR LEISURE BEFORE DELETING - you do not want to take the chance that your filter does not perform as expected and deletes mail you wanted to keep.
9. When you are finished setting up your filter, select "E" (Exit Setup), then "Y" (Yes to commit changes) to save this specific filter, and then "E" and "Y" again to exit filter setup and return to the main menu.
   

Another way to quickly filter mail in Pine (this applies to mail which has already been received):

From with the message index:

1. Press ";"
2. You will see a prompt at the bottom: "SELECT criteria"
3. Press "T" for Text
4. You will be prompted at the bottom of the screen for the field you want to filter on
5. Press "F" for From field (for example)
6. Fill in the string you want to filter on and press Enter
7. All the selected messages will have an X next to them
8. To do something with the selected messages: Press "Z" for Zoom - the display will change to show only the selected messages
9. Press "A" for Apply - you will see a list of options at the bottom of the screen
10. Press "S" for Save - you will be prompted for the name of a folder to save them to
11. NOTE: WE RECOMMEND YOU ALWAYS SAVE MESSAGES TO A FOLDER WHERE YOU CAN SKIM THEM LATER AT YOUR LEISURE BEFORE DELETING - YOU DO NOT WANT TO RISK DELETING MAIL IF YOUR SELECTION CRITERIA DOES NOT WORK IN THE WAY YOU ANTICIPATED
12. When you are done, press "Z" to Unzoom and return to the standard Index.

Create a rule
Do one of the following:

Create a rule from a template or from scratch

1. Click "Inbox" .
2. On the Tools menu, click "Rules Wizard".
3. In the Apply changes to this folder list, click the "Inbox" you want.
4. Click "New".
5. Do one of the following:
   1. Use a template with pre-specified actions and conditions
      Click "Start" creating a rule from a template. Use your own conditions and actions
   2. Click "Start" from a blank rule.
      Note This option is not available when you create a rule for a public folder.
6. Click "Next".
7. Follow the instructions in the Rules Wizard.
   If you want to run a newly created rule on messages already in the Inbox, select the "Run this rule now" on messages already in Inbox check box on the last page of the Rules Wizard. To have this rule apply to all your accounts and Inboxes, select the "Create this rule on all accounts" check box on the last page of the Rules Wizard.

Tip

If you want to run a rule periodically, after creating it, turn it off. Then, when you want to run it, click "Run Now".

Create a rule based on a message

1. Right-click the message you want to base a rule (rule: An action taken on your e-mail under certain conditions, along with the exceptions to those conditions.) on.
2. Click "Create Rule".
3. Follow the instructions in the Rules Wizard.

Tip

To run the rule as soon as you have created it, select the Run this rule now on the messages already in Inbox check box on the last page of the Rules Wizard.

Create a rule with an OR condition

To create a rule with multiple conditions, in the Which conditions do you want to check list, select a condition that contains the word "or".

1. Click "Inbox" .
2. On the Tools menu, click "Rules Wizard".
3. In the Apply changes to this folder list, click the "Inbox" you want.
4. Click "New".
5. Click "Start" creating a rule from a template.
6. Select the rule template, and then click "Next".
7. In the Which conditions do you want to check list, select one or more conditions containing "or", and then click "Next".
8. Follow the instructions in the Rules Wizard.

Tip

If you want to run a newly created rule on messages already in the Inbox, select the Run this rule now on messages already in Inbox check box in the last page of the Rules Wizard.

Note If you have multiple e-mail accounts, "me" refers to the e-mail address of any of your accounts, not just the account that is currently active.

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