My OS is Windows XP and my email program is Outlook Express version 6.

Is there a message rule that I can set up to allow me to stop receiving all
forwarded email? Some of my clueless friends and relatives insist on sending
me pages of jokes, political propaganda, or some religious junk. You
doubtlessly know the type. As I said, they are clueless and never seem to
know when to quit - even when politely asked to do so.

Anyway, I tried setting up a message rule that says when Fw: is in the
subject line of an incoming email - to delete it from the server. I tested
the rule by forwarded a message to myself. Unfortunately, the forwarded
message arrived in my inbox.

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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Papa" wrote in message
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My OS is Windows XP and my email program is Outlook Express version 6.

Is there a message rule that I can set up to allow me to stop receiving
all forwarded email? Some of my clueless friends and relatives insist on
sending me pages of jokes, political propaganda, or some religious junk.
You doubtlessly know the type. As I said, they are clueless and never seem
to know when to quit - even when politely asked to do so.

Anyway, I tried setting up a message rule that says when Fw: is in the
subject line of an incoming email - to delete it from the server. I tested
the rule by forwarded a message to myself. Unfortunately, the forwarded
message arrived in my inbox.

I found the answer, thanks to someone on another forum.

The message rule I set up says that if the Subject line contains "FW:" or
"Fw:"
or "fw:" (without the quotes), then the incoming message is deleted from the
server and I won't ever even see it.

To make the rule work, I moved it to the top of the list.

Good riddance, forwarded email !!

Yup. I was there.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Papa" wrote in message
...
I found the answer, thanks to someone on another forum.

The message rule I set up says that if the Subject line contains "FW:" or
"Fw:"
or "fw:" (without the quotes), then the incoming message is deleted from
the
server and I won't ever even see it.

To make the rule work, I moved it to the top of the list.

Good riddance, forwarded email !!