On 20/4/02 1:44 am, "Jim Robertson" wrote: > I�ve been using Entourage as my email client since Office X became > available. My inbox and "sent mail" folders are quite cluttered, so I've > just tried to create my first rule. Basically, it says that if "To" equals > "spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> then the message should be filed in a folder I've > created called Spam Reports. > > Currently, I select incoming spam messages in my inbox manually and forward > them to "spam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Then I delete the spam messages manually. > > At the moment, I'm selecting all messages in the Sent Items folder > periodically and applying this rule. Is there a way to automate this so that > the messages I've forwarded get filed in the Spam Reports folder > automatically and the incoming spam gets placed in the Deleted Items folder > automatically? > > Thanks so much. > > Jim Robertson
Create an OUTGOING mail rule to file your spam reports (Tools menu; rules; 'Outgoing' tab) with a criteria of 'to' contains '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. The rule actions should be to move the message to your Spam Reports folder. Then all mail that matches this criteria will be filed automatically after it gets sent. For incoming spam this is a little more difficult. The Junk Mail Filter will give everything it thinks is spam a 'Junk Mail' category and leave it in the Inbox. You could set a rule up (to be fired AFTER all your other rules have dealt with normal mail) with criteria 'Category is Junk' and action 'move to trash', but you won't get a chance to review the mail to make sure that no legitimate mail has got caught, also you wont get a chance to forward it to uce. You could also set an action in this mail rule to forward the mail automatically to uce, but again, there's no opportunity for review, and your Aunt Mabel wouldn't be too pleased if you got her marked down as a spammer with the government. Best option here is to set the 'is junk' rule to just mark as read and file in a 'junk mail' folder. You can then scan this folder once a week or so to check there's no legit mail, then select all and run a manual rule to forward and trash the mail. This is simialr to what I do (except that I don't bother forwarding it to uce) and I have a script set up so I can scan the folder, then hit Ctl-Opt-J to permanently delete the all the email in the junk folder. -- Barry Wainwright <http://www.barryw.net> "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
