If you are using Windows Mail which comes bundled with Windows Vista you would be surely interested to block spam mails which will surely land up in your Inbox. In this article we will learn to configure how to protect Windows Mail in Vista to block spam mails. Windows mail also comes with an option to detect against phishing mails

#1 Configuring you level of protection

Open Windows Mail and click on Tools on the menu bar. There you should find JUNK EMAIL OPTIONS. Click it and you will see level of protections : No Automatic Filtering, Low and High. You can choose High or Low but don’t choose NO

#2 Configure to Block Phishing

In the same menu, Select Tab which says “PHISHING” , tick “Protect my inbox from messages with potential phishing links”. You can also optionally select them to move them immediately to Junk Folder.

#3 How to remove good mails if they get caught in spam ?

Sometimes, good or legitimate mails get caught as spam. They will be present in your Junk Folder. Just right click on it and You will get an option for Junk Email. Click it and select “Add sender to safe sender’s list”

You can learn more on phishing by reading article on Pharming which is a new form of phishing and more on Security Category