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Q7. How to set up the Eudora e-mail program?

Spam Control creates a spam and a phishing folder and filtering rules automatically in Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Windows Mail (in Windows Vista). In the Eudora e-mail program, the spam and phishing folders and the filtering rules have to be set up manually.

Follow these instructions to create folders for spam and phishing e-mail messages and filtering rules in the Eudora e-mail program.

Step 1: Create folders for spam and phishing e-mail messages

To create folders for spam and phishing e-mail messages, do as follows:

1. Select Mailbox > New....
2. Enter spam as the new mailbox name.
3. Repeat steps 1- 2 to create a folder to which phishing e-mail messages can be filtered.
4. Check that the new folders were created and are shown under the Eudora mailboxes.

Step 2: Create spam filtering rule

To filter spam e-mail messages, you need to create a filtering rule in the Eudora e-mail program. Before you create a filtering rule, make sure a spam folder exists.

To create the spam filtering rule, do the following:

1. Select Tools > Filters.
2. Click New.
3. Under Match, select Incoming to filter incoming e-mail messages.
4. Create a rule for moving an e-mail mesage to the spam folder:
   
   1. In the Header list, enter X-Spam-Flag in the Header field.
   2. From the second list, select contains.
   3. Enter Yes in the contains field.
5. Under Action, do the following:
   
   1. From the first list, select Transfer to.
   2. Click In and from the list, select the spam mailbox.
6. Close the Filters dialog box.
7. Click Yes to save the changes.

Step 3: Create phishing filtering rule

To filter phishing e-mail messages, you need to create a filtering rule in the Eudora e-mail program. Before you create a phishing filtering rule, make sure the folder to which phishing e-mail messages can be filtered exists.

To create the phishing filtering rule, do the following:

1. Select Tools > Filters.
2. Click New.
3. Under Match, select Incoming to filter incoming e-mail messages.
4. Create a rule for moving an e-mail mesage to the phishing folder:
   
   1. In the Header list, enter X-FS-Classification-Phishing in the Header field.
   2. From the second list, select contains.
   3. Enter 9 in the contains field.
5. Under Action, do the following:
   
   1. From the first list, select Transfer to.
   2. Click In and from the list, select the phishing mailbox.
6. Close the Filters dialog box.
7. Click Yes to save the changes.