Thanks for the tips, Allen. I guess I should have been a little bit more clear as to why I need this script. That would have been a valuable piece of background info to share with everyone, don't you think? ;)
I use this script on those few pieces of mail that get past both Entourage's built-in Junk Mail Filter and my own custom-built spam catcher rules. Using the contextual menu's "Apply rules" option on selected spam messages as you suggested -- and please correct me if I'm wrong -- wouldn't be of much use if the slippery rogue spam message wasn't caught the first time around, no? Perhaps I should try tools such as SpamSieve/PostArmor/SpamFire or simply wait until Entourage has it's own Bayesian spam filter. I'd love to be able to ditch this script altogether, but I suppose it exists because at present there are some spam messages that only humans can identify. The hosting company that will soon be replacing my Mac.com account has Spam Assassin installed on the server side, so in a week or two I will be using this script much less often. What do you do when you get a piece of spam that gets past your filters, Allen? Or do your filters catch everything? Cheers, Justin ================================================================= > From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 07:26:02 -0700 > Subject: Re: "Mark and File Spam" script problem solved > > Good sleuthing! > > Just a thought: If you want a script for moving messages marked as Junk into > your Junk folder, one you can run from the Script menu or with a shortcut, > this will certainly do it. However, you can accomplish the exact same thing > with a rule that runs against incoming messages. Since the Junk Mail Filter > runs before rules, all junk it has found will be marked as junk by this > time, so you could set a rule that runs first. The rule's criterion would > be, "is junk", and the actions would be to set status to read and to move > the message to the Junk folder. > > If you have additional rules that mark messages as junk, as I do, you could > put the "Move junk to junk" rule after those rules. > > Since rules can also be manually run via contextual menu's "Apply rules" > option, I'm not sure a script is needed at all, unless you want to assign a > keyboard shortcut to this action. -- 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/>
