Apple Mail keeps putting good messages into the Junk folder. I mark them as 'not junk', but then they just sit there. It is really tedious to have to move them back to the inbox, and change the colour back to black. Is there any way to do this automatically?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hi,
Just go to mail preferences -> Spam/junk -> Click on apply personalized actions then go to advanced... Sorry if its not well translated but mine is in French.
You should find what you are looking for there 😉
Cheers
thanks,
but that only seems to control what happens when junk arrives. I need some rules for dealing with stuff that isn't junk, yet Apple mail has put it in the Junk folder. Most other spam filters immediately put the message back where it should be when you mark it as 'not junk', but with Apple Mail it just stays there until it is manually dragged out of the junk box.
Which version of Mail are u using and which Os ?
On this side Mail 4.5 ans SL 10.6.8, I do have the possibility to transfer from the JunkBox to the in box for exemple and even change the color of the text... Sorry , in French.
Edit, just saw that yre on 10.6.8 from your firt post...
Sorry, I can't see how those prefs can move messages out of a folder and into another. As far as I understand, they only control what to do when messages arrive. And there is no condition 'Message is not junk'.
Your image is covered a bit by the drop down menu, but it seems that you are simply instructing Mail to send junk ("messages indésirables) to a specially named box. You are not instructing it to send good messages to the appropriate box.
If you prefer to explain in French, that's fine: I can read, but my writing is poor.
Don't be sorry, perhaps I didn't fisnish my morning coffee and read yr post to fast...
You are quite right, it doesn't seems to be as easy. But perhaps an Applescript would do the job ?
Perhaps someone will confirm ?
Got this from a French forum, it seems to be working ok, you'll have to translate the French words to English tough 😉
Hth.
Thanks, but I'm not sure what this is. I presume it is a script for Terminal, but I don't know how it would be used.
Based on its form and language, it appears to be an AppleScript. You could paste it into AppleScript Editor, save it as a .scpt file, and put it in the ~Library/Scripts/Mail Scripts folder and then it would run as part of Mail.
I haven't tried that particular script myself, though.
Yes, it's an AppleScript and it works (once installed 🙂 copy and paste) when you select a mail in the Junk Mail box...
Cheers
Thanks. I'll try it.
However, since posting this question, I've upgraded to Lion, so I'm wondering if it will still work.
(I was actually hoping that the new Mail would do what I am wanting, but it doesn't seem to)
You're welcome.
As far as it's compatibility with Lion, I don't know...
But a wild guess would be that if Lion support AppleScript (which makes sense to me) I cant see a reason why it wouldn't work.
Maybe someone will confirm?
Cheers
Bernard Hills wrote:
As far as it's compatibility with Lion, I don't know...
But a wild guess would be that if Lion support AppleScript (which makes sense to me) I cant see a reason why it wouldn't work.
Scripts sometimes break because the commands in the program that the script wants to use have been changed. The Lion version of Mail changed quite a bit, so there is a chance the script would break. But I can't test it since my main Mac is still on Snow Leopard.
Mm, the library file is hidden in Lion, so how are we supposed to load scripts, I wonder. Thank you guys, but I 'd better move this to the Lion group
Try this
Just click on the Go menu of the Finder while pressing the alt key, should get you to there 😉
Cheers
Edit: Or also from the menu Go choose" go to folder" and type Library + OK ...
TimK wrote:
Mm, the library file is hidden in Lion, so how are we supposed to load scripts, I wonder. Thank you guys, but I 'd better move this to the Lion group
18 ways to view the ~/Library folder in Lion
http://www.macworld.com/article/161156/2011/07/view_library_folder_in_lion.html
When I mark a mail in the junk folder as 'not junk', is there a way to have it automatically move to the inbox?
