[MacGroup] Junk Mail
I'm using Apple's Mail 6.6 on a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 running Mac OS X 10.8.5. My problem is with junk mail. I recently stopped using Win.net's junk mail filtering service. It went bonkers for a few days and was filtering out just about everything including replies to my messages. Going through Win.net's junk filtering looking for important messages is SO SLOW that I decided it was a lot faster and easier to simply use Mail. Just hope I can improve it a bit. In Mail's PreferencesJunk Mail I have the following checked: Enable junk mail filtering Move it to the junk mailbox exempt: Sender of message is in my Contacts Sender of message is in my Previous Recipients Message is addressed using my full name Also: Trust junk mail headers in messages The junk mail filter doesn't seem to be filtering out much. Is there something else I should be doing? I vaugely remember something about training the junk mail filter. Does that process still exist? Thanks for any help. Anne CArtwright ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] Junk Mail
Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net asked: The junk mail filter doesn't seem to be filtering out much. Is there something else I should be doing? I vaugely remember something about training the junk mail filter. Does that process still exist? When you first start using the junk mail filter, it doesn't catch anything. When you read mail, you should be identifying stuff you consider to be junk by flagging it with the menu item 'MessageMarkAs Junk Mail'. When you do this, the email is moved to the Junk mailbox and the filter is taught about what you consider to be junk mail. Over a few weeks, it will slowly get better about automatically flagging junk. ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] Junk Mail
This is true, but even with assiduous training Mail does not do a very good job of filtering out junk email if you really get bombarded with it, as I do. I highly recommend SpamSieve for more robust filtering. http://spamsieve.en.softonic.com/mac Sent from my iPad On Jul 5, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote: Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net asked: The junk mail filter doesn't seem to be filtering out much. Is there something else I should be doing? I vaugely remember something about training the junk mail filter. Does that process still exist? When you first start using the junk mail filter, it doesn't catch anything. When you read mail, you should be identifying stuff you consider to be junk by flagging it with the menu item 'MessageMarkAs Junk Mail'. When you do this, the email is moved to the Junk mailbox and the filter is taught about what you consider to be junk mail. Over a few weeks, it will slowly get better about automatically flagging junk. ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
Re: [MacGroup] Junk Mail
OK. That's what I'm doing; I guess Mil just needs more time. Thanks. On Jul 5, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote: Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net asked: The junk mail filter doesn't seem to be filtering out much. Is there something else I should be doing? I vaugely remember something about training the junk mail filter. Does that process still exist? When you first start using the junk mail filter, it doesn't catch anything. When you read mail, you should be identifying stuff you consider to be junk by flagging it with the menu item 'MessageMarkAs Junk Mail'. When you do this, the email is moved to the Junk mailbox and the filter is taught about what you consider to be junk mail. Over a few weeks, it will slowly get better about automatically flagging junk. ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
MacGroup: Junk Mail delete question
I have got Mail's junk mail auto delete working now and thought I'd pass along my findings in case anyone else might benefit from my travails. It appears that, as some who responded here noted, the auto deletion does occur only if the program (or maybe the computer) is shut down. I haven't figured out exactly when it happens, but I do notice that if I leave the computer on, with Mail active, for several days nothing gets deleted. If the Move deleted messages to separate folder is selected in the Accounts/Special Mailboxes preference tab the junk mail does not get deleted, even if the computer is shut down and restarted. So deselect that option if you have previously selected it. The junk mail that gets automatically deleted is, for reasons I haven't figured out, more than exactly one day old (or one week or however you've set it). For example, although I have mine set to delete junk mail that is more than one day old, this morning (March 18), after turning off my computer at about 5 p.m. on March 17 and turning it back on at about 8:30 a.m. on the 18th, I still have mail in my junk mailbox dating back to 5:30 a.m. on March 15. But at least it's working more or less like it should. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Junk Mail delete question
thanks, Bill, for reminding me that there is a preference mailbox in the accounts fort the different accounts. I see now moore clearly why I have these different sub trash cans. Had forgotten all about it. Always looked at preferences in mail from the menu bar. Marta On Mar 10, 2005, at 15:38, Bill Rising wrote: On Mar 10, 2005, at 10:21, Marta Edie wrote: A question in the same vein. When I press 'delete'in an email message from the inbox. it automatically goes into trash, either into my mac.com, or insight.com or on my mac trash bin( albeit in the same trash can). Is this the normal way - from in to trash via delete? then if I want to delete my trash I can do so from the trash box proper. All my other extra mailboxes will delete directly when I press delete. Is this a safety measure ? I can, however, delete directly from the inbox by pressing cut from my menu bar, then the mail diappears immediately, never to be seen again. Is this the way it works by default? I don't remember ever having set the inbox to delete into trash first before I can delete it permanantly from the trash can. It could depend on what you have checked for your Trash for that particular account. Click on the Special Mailboxes tab under the Accounts button for the Preferences in Mail. Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
