Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of faq/email/filters-thunderbird


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Feb 5, 2008, 4:42:08 PM (17 years ago)
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Jamie McClelland
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    1010 * Click the Privacy button
    1111 * Click the Junk tab
    12  * Selected "When I mark a message as junk: Move them to the account's junk folder
     12 * Selected "When I mark a message as junk: Move them to the account's junk folder"
    1313
    1414That sets the default behavior.
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    1616Then set the behavior for your existing account:
    1717
    18  * I clicked Edit -> Account settings (on a Mac this maybe be under the Apple Menu -> Account settings
     18 * Click Edit -> Account settings (on a Mac this maybe be under the Apple Menu -> Account settings)
    1919 * Click the Server Settings section on the left side of the window
    2020 * If your server type is: IMAP Mail Server, then click the Junk Settings button below Server Settings. If your server type is POP Mail server, then click Junk Settings in the Local Folders area.
    2121 * Select "Enable junk mail controls for this account"
    2222 * Select "Do not mark mail as junk if the sender is in Personal address book"
    23  * Select Trust Junk mail headers set by !SpamAssassin (this is optional and means you will not need to set a separate filter for !SpamAssassin)
    24  * Select Move Junk mail messages to: Junk on local folders
     23 * Select "Trust Junk mail headers set by !SpamAssassin" (this is optional and means you will not need to set a separate filter for !SpamAssassin)
     24 * Select "Move Junk mail messages to: Junk on local folders"
    2525
    2626Lastly - you will need to create the Junk folder.
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    3030 * Create as subfolder of: Local Folders (choose this as parent)
    3131
    32 Now - if Thunderbird thinks a message is junk, it will automatically move that message to the newly created Junk folder. If you get a message that Thunderbird does not think is Junk, but you think it is junk, you can click on that message and click the "Junk" button and Thunderbird will teach itself about that message ''and'' move it to the junk folder.
     32Now - if Thunderbird thinks a message is junk, it will automatically move that message to the newly created Junk folder. If you get a message that Thunderbird does not think is junk, but you think it is junk, you can click on that message and click the "Junk" button and Thunderbird will teach itself about that message ''and'' move it to the Junk folder.
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    34 You should periodically scan the junk folder to make sure they are no messages tagged as junk that are not junk. If you see some, you should click on the message and then click on the "This is not junk" button.
     34You should periodically scan the Junk folder to make sure they are no messages tagged as junk that are not junk. If you see some, you should click on the message and then click on the "This is not junk" button.