Mac Spam Filtering: Mail

To turn on junk mail filtering, choose Mail > Preferences and click Junk Mail. Select Enable junk mail filtering. Deselect this option to turn off filtering.

To set junk mail filtering to training mode, choose Mail > Preferences and click Junk Mail. Choose Leave it in my Inbox, but indicate it is junk mail (Training) in the When junk mail arrives section. When Mail is correctly identifying most of your junk mail, choose Move it to the Junk mailbox (Automatic) to switch to automatic mode.

To use junk filtering programs installed by your UConn's Exchange server, select Trust junk mail headers set by my Internet service provider. If UConn's filters detects that a message is junk, it inserts the header X-Spam-Flag into the message. Mail looks for this header, marks the message as junk, and applies whatever actions you have specified under the Advanced section.

To identify a message as junk mail, select a message or messages, then click Junk in the toolbar or choose Message > Mark > As Junk Mail.

To correct a message that has been wrongly classified as junk, select the message and click Not Junk in the toolbar or choose Message > Mark > As Not Junk Mail.

To set the criteria for junk mail, including the color to identify junk mail, choose Mail > Preferences, click Junk Mail, click Advanced, and edit the Junk rule.

Related Support Articles:

• Apple's Official Mail Support Page
• How HTML Email Messages Relate to Unsolicited Commercial Email ("spam")
• How to Delete Multiple Messages Without Viewing Them First