On 4/24/02 9:07 AM, "Jim Warthman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On a whim I ran the Junk Mail Filter against my saved mail folder on my hard
> drive.
>
> Next I wanted to see what had been marked as junk. I displayed that folder,
> and selected "Category is Junk" from the popup menus at the top of the
> window.
>
> Is this the best way to view the result of the Junk Mail Filter?
>
> I was surprised to find that not all messages displayed were flagged as
> "junk"! Several messages have category listed as "None". Intuitively, it
> seems that when I ask for "category is junk", I should not see other
> messages.
>
> Can anyone explain what's going on?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Jim
>
Junk category is something you can assign yourself manually to any object -
messages, contacts, even vents and tasks and notes if you want to, or by
rule to messages. What the filter assigns is Junk STATUS to messages. That
ghostly flag indicates Junk STATUS. Whatever color you have set in Edit /
Categories to the Junk category will indicate Junk category.
You rule for automatically moving messages to the Junk folder should use as
its criterion:
Is Junk
that's the same as junk status. You can also add other criteria, such as
whether the message comes from one of several email addresses you specify,
or from a sender who is in a particular Group (which might be a group "Junk"
you've made of contacts to whom you've assigned the Junk category). One of
the actions you ca add, as well as moving the messages to he Junk folder, is
to also give them Junk category, although that's pretty redundant under the
circumstances. But using Junk category of the sender (or of a group to whom
the sender belongs) is a useful way to use Junk category.
If this is too confusing, you could always change the name of your junk
category to Garbage. ;-) But Junk STATUS ("Is Junk") is defined by the Junk
filter, not by you, and can't be changed, just adjusted by the slider in the
Junk Filter window.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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