Dell Inspiron 1545 Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 195

FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about securing your e-mail messages, see the documentation from your e-mail service provider. Reducing Spam Set an appropriate security level in your e-mail software (Windows Mail for Windows Vista or Outlook Express for Windows XP) for sorting e-mail that you receive. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Windows Mail. 2 Click Tools→ Junk e-mail Options. 3 Select the protection level you want: • No Automatic Filtering. Click this option if you want to stop blocking junk e-mail messages altogether. However, Windows Mail continues to block messages from domain names and e-mail addresses on your Blocked Senders list. • Low. Click this option if you don't receive many junk e-mail messages and want to block only the most obvious junk e-mail messages. • High. Click this option if you receive a large volume of junk e-mail messages and want to block as many as possible. However, you should periodically review the messages in your junk e-mail folder to ensure that there are not any legitimate e-mail messages that might have been moved there as well. • Safe List Only. Click this option if you only want to receive messages from people or domain names on your Safe Senders list. E-mail messages from people or domain names not on your Safe Senders list will be treated as junk e-mail messages, so you should only choose this option if you are certain that every person or domain name you want to receive messages from is on your Safe Senders list. E-mail 195