Your spam filter might be part of any antivirus or your service provider. But if it's definitely Outlook moving it to a junk mail folder, then: You can direct Outlook to catch junk mail in the tools/options/preferences tab. Look for the junk mail button. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffrey Schwartz To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:58 PM Subject: Outlook 2003,turning off spam filter Can anyone tell me how to do the above. I've been having a regular correspondence with a friend. On several occasions he sent me emails which I did not receive. Today, after another such incident, I looked in my "junk" folder. It had 70 emails. About 15 were spam. The rest were ordinary emails from lists and the missing ones from my friend. I'd rather delete a bit of spam than miss important messages. Thanks in advance, Jeff