How to Create a Spam Report Button in Outlook

Introduction

When you receive an e-mail that you believe should had been quarantined or marked as [SUSPECTED SPAM], you can typically forward that e-mail as an attachment to our team at spam@deeztek.com. This usually involves selecting the e-mail in question, clicking on More in the Respond Outlook ribbon toolbar, selecting Forward as Attachment (Figure 1) filling out the To field with spam@deeztek.com and clicking Send (Figure 2).

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While this is not very time consuming, you can simplify this process by creating a SPAM button in Outlook to speed up the process.

Create a Spam Report Button

In the Outlook Quick Steps ribbon toolbar, click on Create New (Figure 3).

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In the Edit Quick Step window, set the following:

Set the Name: field to SPAM - DEEZTEK (Figure 4).

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Click the Choose an Action drop-down and select Forward message as an attachment (Figure 5).

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In the To... field enter spam@deeztek.com (Figure 6).

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Click on Show Options, in the Subject: field enter [REPORT SPAM]: <subject> and check the Automatically send after 1 minute delay checkbox (Figure 7).

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Next, click on Add Action button and in the Choose an Action drop-down select the Delete message action (Figure 8).

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Finally, click the Finish button (Figure 9).

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The button you just created will be visible in the Quick Steps ribbon toolbar in your Outlook window (Figure 10)

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