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Step 1 Open Netscape Communicator. Click on the Edit pull-down menu, move your cursor down to Message Filters. Click on Message Filters. |
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Step 2 The Message Filters window will now appear. Be sure "Inbox" is selected in the Filters for: panel as shown. Click on the New button.
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Step 3 Type SPAM? in the Filter name: panel, as shown. Type {SPAM?} in the panel to the right of "contains," as shown. Make sure your Filter Rules window has the same settings as this example.
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Now you can either move e-mail identified as spam to another mailbox (Steps 4 though 6) or just delete it (Steps 7 and 8).
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Step 4 Click on the New Folder button in the Filter Rules window (shown in Step 3). This will produce a New Folder window. Type SPAM? in the Name: panel as shown. Click on the down arrow to the right of the Create as subfolder of: panel and scroll down to Local Mail. Click on Local Mail. Click on the OK button. |
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Step 5 You are almost done. Click on the OK button. |
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Step 6 Click on the OK button. Congratulations! You now have a SPAM? filter that will put any messages with {SPAM?} in the subject line into your new SPAM? folder. You can view these messages and save any legitimate ones.
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If you want to just delete all e-mail identified as possible spam, complete the steps below.
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Step 7 Select "Trash" from the panel as shown. Make sure your settings are the same as shown here. Click on the OK button.
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Step 8 Just click on the OK button and you're done!
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