Using DrStopSpam With Hotmail

DrStopSpam can process your hotmail spam messages but first you must save them to your computer in an acceptable format. At the time of this publication,  the best way to do that is to setup Outlook Express (a free program that comes with Internet Explorer)  so that you can  easily save your hotmail spam  messages to  your computer. You will also gain lots of extra benfits so get started now!.

You CAN Do It! In Just 3 Easy Steps!.  If you have a HotMail account, you can easily use it with DrStopSpam. First follow the instructions below on setting up Outook Express to access your Hotmail Account and then in 3 easy steps you can get back at those spammers who fill your hotmail account with junk!

SETUP FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS:   Start your free copy of OutlookExpress and use its Wizard to create a HotMail Account.  To do this, simply go to these Outlook Express Menu Items in this order:  Tools -> Accounts -> Mail -> Add  (this starts the mail setup wizard). OutlookExpress will prompt you through the setup the Email Account on your computer.  Now when you read and write Hotmail Save the SPAM you get to a folder named "SPAM" (or whatever you prefer) on your hotmail account (use create folder on the left of the Hotmail screen).

SAVING YOUR HOTMAIL MESSAGES WITH OUTOOK EXPRESS' HELP:   When you want to use DrStopSpam, simply start OutlookExpress, go on-line, and it will show you your hotmail account. In OutLookExpress, create a LOCAL folder called SPAM (right click on the Local Folder for this option). 1)Now DRAG your spam from the Hotmail SPAM folder to the LOCAL  SPAM folder. You have just converted your Hotmail to .EML format and placed it on your local computer.   2)Now DRAG and DROP the spam from OutlookExpress to any folder of your choice on your hard disk.  I created a  SPAM sub-folder in my MyDocuments area.   3)When you have saved a bunch of spam for processing simply have DrStopSpam read them from this folder on your hard disk.  

Summary: Drag from Hotmail -> Outllook Local Box.  Then Drag from OutlookExpress to  SPAM folder on hard disk!   3) Dr StopSpam can now read the files from your hard disk!  Its easy as 1 -> 2 -> 3 !  You are Done!

NOTE:  If you want to see the message headers while in Hotmail,   you  MAY need to set the Options to allow display of the headers. Headers are the full path that the message took to get to you.  Stop Spam uses this information in order to track down the spammers. You should get this via outook experess even if you do not set these options in hotmail.  This is only if you want to be able to see the  headers while reading mail in your hotmail page.

The full routing information is displayed in a message when the message header is set to Full.  From the Hotmail Inbox Menu select Options:

  1. On the Options page, click Mail Display Settings under Additional Options.
  2. Under Message Headers, click Full, and then click OK.