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Outlook Spam Folder Download Setup
Note: Always replace @yourdomain.com or .yourdomain.com with the domain name at the end of your email address in the instructions below.
  • Spam Download Setup:
  • With Outlook open, click Tools on the menu bar and choose Email Accounts.
  • Select Add a new email account and click Next.
  • Select POP3 and click Next.
  • In the Your Name field type your name as you want it to appear in your e-mail (ie. Joe Smith).
  • In the Email address field type your full email address, but add {in:junk} at the end (i.e. joe@starliteinternet.com{in:junk}).
  • In the Incoming mail server (POP3) field type mail.yourdomain.com.
  • In the Outgoing mail server (STMP) field type mail.yourdomain.com.
  • In the User Name field type in your full email address, without the {in:junk} (i.e. joe@starliteinternet.com).
  • In the Password field type your password.
  • Click the Remember password check box if it is not already clicked.
  • Click the More Settings button.
  • Click the Outgoing Server tab.
  • Put a check mark next to My Outgoing Server (SMTP) Requires Authentication.
  • Click OK.
  • Click Next.
  • Click Finish.
  • Move to Spam Folder Setup:
  • To separate out emails tagged as spam and valid emails, you need to set up an Outlook rule that moves all messages from your online spam folder to your local spam folder.
  • First, make sure that you have folders visible. Click View Folder list if it is not showing.
  • If there is no spam folder listed, click on Outlook Today then File...New...Folder.
  • In the Name field type spam. Click OK.
  • To set up the rule, click Tools...Rules Wizard.
  • In the Rules Wizard box, click New.
  • Click the button that says 'Start from a blank rule'.
  • Make sure that 'Check messages as they arrive' is highlighted and and click Next.
  • Click the check box that says 'through the specified account'. That text should appear in the bottom box.
  • Click the 'specified' link in the bottom box and choose the account you just set up above (i.e. joe@starliteinternet.com{in:junk}). Click OK.
  • Click Next.
  • Click the box next to 'move it to the specified folder'.
  • That text will appear in the bottom box. Click the 'specified' link in that text and select the 'spam' folder. Click OK.
  • Click Finish.
  • Click OK.
  • The next time you check mail, all messages from your online spam folder should now appear in the spam folder on your computer.
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