![]() ![]() Switch it on and junk gets filtered first, then rules are applied to the remaining good messages. SpamSieve gives you back your inbox, using Bayesian spam filtering to provide amazing accuracy that’s constantly improving. ![]() Save time by adding powerful spam filtering to the e-mail client on your Mac. If you leave it off, it’s possible that a rule you’ve created will grab a junky message because of some errant word in the message body or header entry. Version 2.9.40 of SpamSieve is now available. The last option, Filter Junk Mail Before Applying My Rules is worth enabling if you use Rules to filter your e-mail. This helps Mail more accurately identify junk. When you enable this option you tell Mail that you want it to pay attention to your ISP’s judgment regarding the junkiness of the e-mail you receive from it. ![]() ISPs will run their own check on mail before it’s sent to you. Next down the list is Trust Junk Mail Headers Set by my Internet Service Provider. You’re welcome to enable it and see if it’s effective. I’ve received spam that is indeed addressed to my full name. I have less confidence in the last option. If you find questionable addresses, select them and click the Remove From List button. The second option is also worth checking, but before you do choose Window -> Previous Recipients and make sure the addresses you find there are all from “good” recipients. Unless you routinely correspond with spammers, check the first option. Under the The Following Types of Messages Are Exempt From Junk Mail Filtering heading you see Sender of Message is in my Address Book, Sender of Message is in my Previous Recipients, and Message is Addressed Using My Full Name. Mail provides you with some broad options in the Junk Mail window for more easily sorting wheat from chaff. As its name suggests, this option tells Mail to automatically move mail it’s identified as junk to a Junk folder, which appears under the On My Mac heading in Mail’s Mailboxes pane. When it hits far more often than it misses, you can return to the Junk Mail window within Mail’s preferences and enable the Move it to the Junk Mailbox option. Over time, with your tutelage, Mail will go beyond its native powers to identify junk and better pinpoint messages that you believe are junk. ![]()
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