Automatically Marking Junk Mail as "Read"

I have three email accounts on my MacBook - two google accounts and iCloud mail. I'd like to set it up so that junk mail to all three is automatically marked as "read" so that I don't see the little unread message counts next to each account. It's a minor detail, but one that bugs me...


Within mail settings, I go to "junk mail" and click on advanced settings. Here's how I set things up there:




However, once I close out of that window, I notice I'm still getting junk messages popping up as "unread" in my gmail.com and iCloud accounts. Going back into the advanced settings tab, I see this:



The first account listed here is automatically marking junk as "read" but the second account is no longer listed - it's been changed to the iCloud account, which appears twice now. What am I doing wrong?

MacBook Air (M2, 2023)

Posted on Jul 3, 2023 6:31 AM

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Jul 3, 2023 7:40 AM in response to The Masked Tortilla

Hello The Masked Tortilla,


Could you try changing the if statement to any instead of all?


Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe what the above is saying is:


If the account equals me@apple[.]com
AND
If the account equals you@apple[.]com
THEN
Mark as Read


Obviously it's probably rare the junk mail is going to all three of your accounts. By switching it to any, you're saying:


If the account equals me@apple[.]com
OR
If the account equals you@apple[.]com
THEN
Mark as Read


All - Requires all conditions to be met before taking action.

Any - Any of the conditions can be true for the action to take place.


Let me know if this works!

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