Junk Mail Advanced button.....

It seems that if I want to use the Advanced custom actions for the Junk filter I'm forced to move the mail into another mailbox?
Because if I choose to color the mail and stop evaluating the rules it always deselects the custom actions option and reselects leave it in my inbox.
only if I tell the rule to move the mail to another mailbox will it keep this selection?

Yes, it’s somewhat confusing and poorly documented (as many other things is Mail).
What that setting means is that you must click Advanced if you don’t want junk messages to be left in Inbox (Training mode) nor moved to the Junk mailbox (Automatic mode). But you can also click Advanced and make minor adjustments there while in Training or Automatic mode.
You can, for example, leave the junk filter in Automatic mode, and click Advanced to add an action that changes the color of the messages identified as junk in addition to moving them to the Junk mailbox. As long as you keep the Move Message to mailbox: Junk action, Mail will show the Automatic setting selected.
Similarly, what defines Training mode is that junk messages are left where they are, not moved elsewhere. Thus, if the junk rule doesn’t specify an action that moves junk messages to some other mailbox, Mail will show the Training setting selected.
The Perform custom actions setting would remain selected if you specify that junk messages should be moved to a mailbox other than Junk.

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I cannot find NOT JUNkmail icno button in IMail in new lion software...it does not appear to be in my tools?

It's the "thumbs down" button in the toolbar.
If an email is marked as junk the button turns into a "thumbs up."

Mail Version 2.1.1 (752.3) Junk Mail Buttons Don't Work

I have ... Reset junk mail.
The problem occurs before and after junk mail is reset and junk mail learning mode is active for any number of days.
When I get junk mail in my inbox and click on it once and then use either the "Not Junk" icon in Toolbar or "Not Junk" button in message header, Mail treats the message as not junk. When another e-mail arrives from same sender, it's again marked as junk. I've noticed that some messages revert to the "junk" colour even after they are marked as not junk.
I've repaired permissions and restarted the iMac and restarted Mail app.
Wonder if I have the latest version of Mail? Please help. Thanks
iMac 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.9) Have dual boot with XP Pro on "other side"

Have you made any changes to the junk filter in Preferences > Junk Mail > Advanced? Try this:
1. Go to Preferences > Junk Mail, disable junk mail filtering, then enable it again. This resets the junk filter rule.
2. Choose either Training or Automatic mode (it doesn’t matter) and leave the other options checked. Click Advanced to see how the junk filter rule is defined now if you want, but don’t change anything there.
3. Reset the junk filter database (Preferences > Junk Mail > Reset).
You can use the Colors palette (Format > Show Colors) to manually change the background highlight of messages in the message list. Although the Colors palette cannot be used to set the foreground color, it can be used to remove it. In particular, choosing either black or white removes both the background highlight and the foreground color of the messages currently selected in the message list.

Odd Junk Mail Behavior

I've been experiencing odd Junk Mail behavior on my Mac; I've got the Mail app set so it puts the emails it thinks is Junk in the Junk folder. I do this because I've noticed that certain legitimate emails keep ending up in the Junk folder automatically.
I've also noticed that some of the emails in the Junk folder have not actually been flagged as Junk Mail, they were not colored brown by the Junk Mail rule and there is no button available to tell Mail it's not Junk. How do I stop Mail from flagging something as Junk when it doesn't seem to tag it as Junk but it still ends up in the Junk folder?
I see emails tagged as Junk in the Junk folder that are legit, so I click the "Not Junk" button and move them back to the proper mail folder. But the next time I get mail from the same source, it gets flagged and tagged as Junk again. I thought the Mail app learns from the training we give it. How do I resolve this situation?
I've already set the Junk filtering to not filter emails from recipients who are in my Address Book.

Either you’ve messed with the Preferences > Junk Mail > Advanced settings, or those settings have become corrupt, or you have one or more rules that have a bearing on this.
Assuming it isn’t the latter, try this:
1. Go to Preferences > Junk Mail, disable junk mail filtering, then enable it again. This resets the rule that governs what the junk filter does.
2. Choose either Training or Automatic mode (it doesn’t matter) and leave the other options checked. Click Advanced to see how the junk filter rule is defined now if you want, but don’t touch anything there.
3. Reset the junk filter database (Preferences > Junk Mail > Reset).

Junk mail filtering problem

My Mail v2.1 (752/752.2) has learned, and presumably is still learning on an ever-ongoing basis, what is Junk and what is not Junk mail and it seems to be pretty accurate.
However, it always treats two specific senders, from which I receive emails fairly regularly, as Junk no matter how many times I click the Not Junk button to tell Mail that they are not junk.
Why does it persist in failing to learn these two specific sender addresses and how can I "force" it to learn without dumping the whole Junk filtering criteria and starting again?
Thanks.

Ok, here goes ...
added to the Window > Previous Recipients - Yes, both are there.
Sender of message is in my Previous Recipients is checked - No, it asn't but it is now!
Have you made any changes to the junk filter in Preferences > Junk Mail > Advanced? - Not knowingly. The logic is: If All: Sender is not in my previous Recipients > Sender is not in my addresss book > Message is Junk mail then Move message to Junk.
Go to Preferences > Junk Mail, disable junk mail filtering, then enable it again. - Done.
Choose either Training or Automatic mode - Automatic selected.
lick Advanced to see how the junk filter rule is defined now - The logic now is: If All: Sender is not in my previous Recipients > Sender is not in my addresss book > Message is Junk mail then Move message to Junk which looks pretty much the same to me except for the order, but that shouln't matter should it?
but don’t touch anything there - I wouldn't dare! :-))
Thanks, I'll report back when I receive any new emails from them. As one of them is news alerts from Lynchburg, Virginia there will peoably be a few after this afternoon's (UK time) news of today's shootings.

Is Mail really "Learning" my junk mail?

I've read various forum threads about training Mail. I might not be doing it right, but I mark spam messages as Junk, and they go to the junk box. It seems I get repeats though, from the same sender, or same subject. Which tells me, it's not doing anything, or, i don't have it set up right. I get a ton of spam though, and it drives me nuts. I switched to Thunderbird on a PC for a couple months, and surprisingly, didn't get but one a day. I finally received my new Macintosh, and really want to use Mail, but all of these spams just drive me crazy.
Here's what I've done so far:
- We use Postini on our server. All levels are set as high as can go.
- I started creating "rules" for every single spam that came in, but I couldn't keep up. I must have 50 of them created, and I still get 30-50 spams a day.
- Now, I mark them all as "Junk" but it still doesn't deter any of these spams. Fortunately, some of the spam emails do go directly into Junk mail, but not as many as I wish did.
I see there are paid add-ons you can use for Mail. I find it hard to believe that there isn't a way using Mail, to at least cut down on all of these spams. If Thunderbird can do it for free, I'd bet there's a way to do it in Mac Mail.. I'm probably just not doing something right. Any ideas would help. Thanks!

Hi grannysmith.nc,
I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on exactly what you are seeing with regard to junk mail in Mail under Yosemite. I'm unclear if it is not marking junk mail at all, or if it is marking it but simply not moving it to the Junk mail folder. If it is the latter (not moving), it may be as simple as changing the settings as outlined in the following article under Change the junk mail filter:
Mail (Yosemite): Reduce junk mail in your inbox
If Mail isn't recognizing junk mail at all, you might find these articles more useful:
Mail (Yosemite): If junk mail filters aren’t working correctly
Mail (Yosemite): Junk Mail Advanced settings
Regards,
- Brenden

How to stop junk mail?

How do i stop junk mail from my inbox? I just started pouring in yesterday.

Lion Mail: Junk Mail preferences
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4788
Lion Mail: Junk Mail Advanced settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4789
Lion Mail: Change the junk mail filter
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4868
Lion Mail: If junk mail filters aren’t working
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4907

Yet Another Junk Mail issue

My Mail.app (Version 2.1.1 (752.3)) decided to mark all my outgoing mail as junk. how do i undo this. someone mentioned resetting app caches and resetting the junk filter completely. is that likely to help?
thanks
imac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Yes. This problem is usually caused by either some corruption in the file where the rules are stored or (more commonly) by the user having made changes to the junk filter in Preferences > Junk Mail > Advanced that Mail doesn’t expect, without fully understanding how the junk filter works, and that causes it to behave erratically. Try this:
1. Go to Preferences > Junk Mail, disable junk mail filtering, then enable it again. This resets the rule that governs what the junk filter does.
2. Choose either Training or Automatic mode (it doesn’t matter) and leave the other options checked. Click Advanced to see how the junk filter rule is defined now if you want, but don’t touch anything there.
3. Reset the junk filter database (Preferences > Junk Mail > Reset).

I have several imap accounts and want to click one button to empty all junk mail at once. How can I do this?

I currently run Apple Mail on Lion with several IMAP acocunts... I know that there is a right-click option to remove "all deleted" messages but what If I wanted to do the same for all messages marked at junk in all accounts. It's really a pain to have to click on each account, select all the junk in the junk folder, press delete over and over.. and then right-click and select "Erase Deleted Items" Why the heck can't they just have "Erase All Spam Items" also... ?? Or how about "Erase all SPAM and DELETED ITEMS from ALL accounts" ????

I found the solution and here's how to correct things:
Apple Mail
Mail has a feature, accessible from the Mailbox Behaviors (or Special Mailboxes) tab of the Accounts preferences, that can automatically delete old spam messages from the Junk mailbox. You can use this feature if you tell SpamSieve to put spam messages in the Junk mailbox instead of the Spam mailbox.
(Note: If you do this, be careful not to use the Junk and Not Junk buttons that will appear in Mail when the Junk mailbox is active; you should always use the SpamSieve - Train as Good and SpamSieve - Train as Spam commands instead. You can use the Customize Toolbar… command in Mail’s View menu to remove the Junk button from the toolbar. Also, if you select a message that SpamSieve has classified as spam, Mail will show a banner saying that you marked it as junk. Ignore this.)
Make sure that Mail knows which mailbox is your Junk mailbox by selecting it and choosing Mailbox ‣ Use This Mailbox For ‣ Junk.
To tell SpamSieve to use the Junk mailbox, open Mail’s Preferences window and click on Junk Mail. Make sure that Enable junk mail filtering is checked. Select Move it to the Junk mailbox. If Mail asks whether you want to move all the messages to the Junk mailbox, say No. Next, select Perform custom actions. Then click theAdvanced… button and edit the rule such that the conditions don’t match any messages. For example, use these two conditions:
Message is addressed to my Full Name
Message is not addressed to my Full Name
and set it to If all of the following conditions are met. Click OK to close the sheet. Do not make any further changes to the Junk Mail preferences.
Go to the Rules section of Mail’s preferences and change the SpamSieve rule to move the messages to the Junk mailbox instead of the Spam mailbox. Finally, chooseSpamSieve - Change Settings from Mail’s Message menu and, when prompted, say that the name of your spam mailbox is Junk.

Spam/Junk mail button

So where exactly are the "Spam" or "Junk Mail" buttons in iPhone OS

The iPhone's mail client does not include a junk mail filter.
With an IMAP account, you can leave the email client on your computer that is used for accessing the account launched and running, which includes a spam filter. You can store the account's junk mailbox on the server with an IMAP account. Any message received that is marked as junk with the email client used on your computer for accessing the account (and moved to the account's junk mailbox stored on the server) will be reflected automatically when accessing the account with the iPhone's mail client. All server stored mailboxes with an IMAP account are kept synchronized with the server automatically with each email client used to access the account.

IDEA: Junk Mail Button on WebMail Sync with Mail.app

Feature Request to Apple / .Mac
JUNK MAIL BUTTON ON WEBMAIL
Recently I have had to log into the .Mac website to read my email via the WebMail page. I usually read my email on my Powerbook with the Apple Mail app. I was astonished to see how much spam I was receiving! Mail.app was doing a fantastic job filtering out the junk mail (Kudos to the Mail developers). But that only happens on the client locally, not on the server. WebMail is almost unusable for me!
Wouldn't it be awesome if there were a "Junk" button on the web interface that saved the Junk filter on the server like it does on Mail.app??? I think gmail and others do this. But Apple has a huge edge here. Perhaps using iSync, the Mail.app could syncronize the Junk rules and my personal filters with the WebMail server. I would gladly PAID EXTRA for this feature!!! As far as I can tell, no other application/service does this (syncronized filters). Here's the kicker: on one of these discussion boards we could post filters for one click sharing. So if I come up with a great filter for screening out "male impotence mortgage stock market plans" spam that works well, I could share it with you. Maybe it could integrate with Brightmail?
I would love to hear an Apple Mail.app product manager reply to this idea. I think this is a service that Apple could make some money on, and satisfy customers at the same time.
Please post a reply here if you think this idea is good or *****.
Cheers,
+Eric Mittler

Hi Eric
you should probably submit your idea to http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
I don't use webmail myself - so I'm not well placed to judge it.
Andy

Erase Junk Mail Button greyed out

In Yosemite, 10.10.1 with mail 8.1 (1993) the Erase Junk Mail options are greyed out, both in the menu and the action menu at the bottom left of the mail viewer window. I cannot figure out how to get it back. I've rebuilt my mailboxes. It happens on all of the accounts. I have an iCloud account, a gmail account and several pop accounts.

I had this problem and was able to solve it by enabling junk mail filtering. I had it turned on before in Mavericks, but apparently that setting didn't come over for some reason or other. Mail > Preferences > Junk Mail > Checked the box next to Enable junk mail filtering I personally like the When junk mail arrives: Move it to the Junk mailbox, so I selected the appropriate radio button for that as well. Good Luck and hope this helps! 

"Erase Junk "Mail" button is not active

I just went into mail and saw that I had 4 emails in my junk folder. I went up mailbox>erase junk mail, but the button was dead - greyed out. I had to drag the junk mail to the trash folder and then empty trash. Is there a problem here or a fix?

msweatherwax wrote:
Something's scrambled.
As it works just fine in my installations I agree that something may be scrambled, but it is not general, boot into safe mode and try again, post back.

Junk Mail Filter Doesn't Work

I've sent email to myself from my work email address. It always shows up as junk mail no matter ho many times I indicate that it's not.
Three coworkers responded to an email I sent to them from my home account. Two shoed up as junk and one didn't. All three are in my address book. This is despite the fact that the box is check in the Junk Mail Prefs that exempt those in my Address Book from being considered as junk
I've deleted anything related to Junk in my ~/Library/Mail directory
Still broken
Any thoughts?

first of all, do you have another junk mail plug in installed by any chance? if so i would disable it, if not i would then suggest the following: go to mail>preferences>junk mail and disable junk mail filtering then enable it again. then choose either of the first three options (i have advanced checked) and if you choose advanced, then click on the advanced button to check the rule there (i have sender is not in my address book and message is junk mail then move to junk and color brown... but you can have a variety of rules that suit your goals... then after choosing, click ok). then click on the reset button to reset the junk database. then if you have checked "sender of message is in my previous recipient" go to mail>window>previous recipients and get rid of recipients that you want mail to treat as junk.
hope this helps

Invisible junk mail

when something goes in my junk mail folder, you can't see it. you open the folder and it says 0 messages, even though in next to the mailbox it says i have 20, or whatever.
this does not matter most of the time, of course, since it is junk mail. EXCEPT. occasionally i have accidentally clicked "junk", because the junk mail button is located next to the "get mail" button (a design flaw, in my opinion), and tagged something as junk that i don't want to.
then, because i can't see what's in my junk mail, i can't tag it as "not junk".
very frustrating. any help much appreciated, thanks.

This doesn’t make sense. Special Mailboxes is how the Mailbox Behaviors panel was called in Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), but according to your system profile you’re running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)...
So what version of Mac OS X are you running? Please, fill in the Computer Model and Operating System fields on your My Settings’s profile with the right information (and click Save). This is essential information that should always be accurately provided when asking for help...
Actually, if you’re running Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), as appears to be the case, it would have been more appropriate to discuss this in the Mail & Address Book - Mac OS X 10.3 & earlier forum. If the discussion applies to both Mail 1.x and Mail 2.x, it doesn’t really matter, but it’s difficult to know that in advance.
Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/ account folder in the Finder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
You’ll probably see a Junk folder without the .mbox suffix there. If that’s the case, quit Mail and rename the folder to Junk.mbox. That should fix the problem.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.

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