How to: Create spam folder that opens the Postini Message Center.

Many of our users check their Postini quarantine often. Sometimes several times a day, or maybe just once a day. In either case, this shortcut below will help make life just a little bit easier. We will show you how to check your Postini Quarantine while still in Outlook. No need to go to Postini’s site and login.

Follow these directions:

1) Open MS Outlook

2) Select View -> Folder List.

3) Right-click on “Outlook Today” and select “New Folder”.

4) Call the folder “Spam” or Postini-Spam ( or whatever you shose to name it ) and when prompted add an Outlook shortcut to the shortcut list. The shortcut will be placed on “My Shortcuts” but can be moved to the other Shortcut lists as necessary.

5) Right click the “Spam” folder, select “Properties”.

6) Select the “Home Page” tab in the Properties window.

7) In the address window type the following URL and select the checkbox labeled “Show home page by default for this folder”:
http://login.postini.com

8 ) Click “Apply” and “OK”.

9) Click on the Spam folder, login to your Message Center and if desired, select “Remember my Address and Password”

10) Close Outlook

[ The next time Outlook is opened and the Spam folder is selected, the Message Center should appear within Outlook.]

We hope that makes checking your Postini spam quarantine a bit easier.

Have you previously implemented this technique?  Is this the first your hearing about it? Comment below.

Tags: outlook tips, Postini, spam