On or near 10/5/02 10:09 AM, Dan Frakes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > On 10/4/02 11:07 AM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For the few spam messages that slip into the In Box, you can still use >> "Apply Rules" to apply the "Move Junk" rule to them; just mark them as Junk >> first. > > I would do that if, like Mail, it would somehow affect how the Junk Mail > Filter worked in the future. But since it doesn't in Entourage, the "Mark > and file SPAM" script is a lot quicker -- I just select messages and hit > control+S -- and a lot better for avoiding RSI ;) [To apply the rules, I > have to select messages, command+comma, j (for junk), space (to select), > return, control-click, select Apply Rules -> Junk Mail.] > Okay; I was just trying to give a way that didn't involve a script. The keyboard shortcut for the script definitely makes this the faster method. > >> [The JMF will never mark mail as junk if >> its sender is in the Address Book.] >> >> 2. Set up a rule (or multiple rules) that automatically files incoming mail >> from your address book and/or group/s into your in box or any folder you >> want and set an action to change the status to "not junk mail." > > I have a couple general questions about the JMF that the above reminded me > to ask. First, given that the JMF isn't supposed to mark any message as junk > if the sender is in the address book, why would you need #2 above (to change > status to 'not junk mail')? > Actually I left out what is probably the most important function of this rule: to stop further rule processing! The "move" to a folder forces that, which prevents "good" messages from falling through and getting caught by the Spam Filter rule that follows. The changing to not junk status may be unnecessary. It probably does not hurt anything and serves as insurance.
> Second, I notice that the JMF consistently marks some messages as junk even > if I've previously set the "Classify all messages sent from the sender's > domain as 'not junk'" option. I don't have any other rules that > automatically set message status to "junk" so I'm curious why this might > happen? > Can't really say, I have never used that option. At a guess, perhaps the domain name is modified with a prefix "node" or something, like "alpha.pair.com" and "beta.pair.com", and Entourage treats those as different domains. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
