SCL - Spam Confidence Level as an Outlook column

[DavePa]

Some may already be using this but for any that are not this may be a useful process. I wanted a way to show the SCL of messages as an Outlook column and knew it was possible as I had done so some years ago. Google can be a wonderful tool and these instructions are from an old blog I found here referring to Outlook 2007 but the form is the same in 2016 so should hopefully work for everything in between

 

Create a file called SCL.CFG from the below...

 

[Description]

MessageClass=IPM.Note

CLSID={00020D31-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

DisplayName=SCL Extension Form

Category=Standard

Subcategory=Form

Comment=This forms allows the SCL to be viewed as a column

LargeIcon=IPML.ico

SmallIcon=IPMS.ico

Version=1.0

Locale=enu

Hidden=1

Owner=Microsoft Corporation

Contact=Your Name

[Platforms]

Platform1=Win16

Platform2=NTx86

Platform9=Win95

[Platform.Win16]

CPU=ix86

OSVersion=Win3.1

[Platform.NTx86]

CPU=ix86

OSVersion=WinNT3.5

[Platform.Win95]

CPU=ix86

OSVersion=Win95

[Properties]

Property01=SCL

[Property.SCL]

Type=3

NmidInteger=0x4076

DisplayName=SCL

[Verbs]

Verb1=1

[Verb.1]

DisplayName=&Open

Code=0

Flags=0

Attribs=2

[Extensions]

Extensions1=1

[Extension.1]

Type=30

NmidPropset={00020D0C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

NmidInteger=1

Value=1000000000000000

 

Although the original instructions specify to copy it to a specific location (which I did) I don't think that you need to - but it does keep in tidy.

 

What has changed is adding the form into Outlook, for 2016 the process runs like this:

 

File - Options - Advanced - Developer (Custom Forms) Manage Forms - Install (Navigate to folder you saved form in) - Select Form (Open) - OK - Close - OK - OK

 

After doing this I could see the SCL as a column in Outllook. There are lots of -1 SCLs which are internal email and therefore never spam*, quite a few 1s but the only other ones represented in my inboxwere 5, 6,and 9. Interestingly, the Smoothwall safeguarding report (which was the whole reason for me doing this in the 1st place) can be any of these - I guess it depends on the content of the report!

 

*some of them are more spammy than a can of the blooming stuff you would buy at a supermarket but Outlook treats them nicely

 

Edit: Looking at the OSVersion info...I am using 32bit Office, it may not work on 64bit!

Edited May 22, 2017 by DavePa
32/64 bit difference?