SPAM prevention in Outlook : display the sender's email address

SPAM prevention in Outlook : display the sender's email address

When you receive an email in Outlook, scammers can try to trick you by changing their name. This technique is called "Display name abuse". You can easily protect yourself with this quick Outlook configuration.

 

1.
 
OPEN OUTLOOK AND SELECT YOUR INBOX

 

 

2.
 
CLICK ON THE "VIEW" TAB

 

 

3.
 
THEN, CLICK ON "ADD COLUMNS"

 

 

4.
 
CLICK ON THE "NEW COLUMN" BUTTON

 

 

5.
 
FILL IN ALL FIELDS
 

 
Choose a name for this column

 
 
Select the "Formula" type

 
 
Paste this formula:

 
 
IIf(InStr([SearchFromEmail], "@") = 0, "", Mid([SearchFromEmail], InStr([SearchFromEmail], "@") + 1))

 

 

6.
 
MOVE YOUR NEWLY CREATED COLUMN RIGHT UNDER "FROM"

 

 

7.
 
CLICK "OK"

 

 

8.
 
ENJOY :)
  
Please note that some scammers will also change their email addresses. When that happens, you will have to use more sophiticated antispam technique at your incoming email server level.


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