Junk, can I add words so Mail junks mail with those words in them?

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Junk, can I add words so Mail junks mail with those words in them?

Hope subject header makes sense. Is there any way I can create key words like Viagra etc so Mail automatically junks them and deletes them? I have several junk mails that keep coming from the same people, who do it in a clever way that Mail does not Learn them. I have several words that I'd like to make key words that Mail will junk every time. Key words for both Subject and content, is this possible?

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Posted on Oct 22, 2006 2:19 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 22, 2006 6:47 AM in response to Nigel-66

It looks like the junk filter isn't working properly in your case.

I have several junk mails that keep coming from the same people

Could it be that those are in your Windows > Previous Recipients list? This would happen if you accidentally marked one of those messages as not junk, for example.

If the junk filter appears to not be learning, you may need to reset the junk filter database ( Preferences > Junk Mail > Reset).

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Nigel-66 Author

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Oct 22, 2006 8:25 AM in response to David Gimeno Gost

Done that, dosn't work. Can I put in Key Words somewhere with words that chose to have junked?

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Oct 22, 2006 8:37 AM in response to Nigel-66

Done that, dosn't work.

Did what? You haven't answered the question I asked.

Can I put in Key Words somewhere with words that chose to have junked?

Yes, you can go to Preferences > Rules and set up as many custom rules as you want there, but this is the wrong way to solve a problem that you shouldn't have to deal with in the first place...

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Nigel-66 Author

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Oct 22, 2006 10:42 AM in response to David Gimeno Gost

When I said I'd done that, I meant I'd reset Junk mail filter and it didn't make any difference.

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Oct 22, 2006 10:57 AM in response to Nigel-66

Resting the junk filter cannot make a difference if the sender is in the Previous Recipients list, which I asked in my first post and you haven't answered yet.

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Nigel-66 Author

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Oct 22, 2006 4:06 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

When you say Recipients List, do you mean my Inbox?

I've gone into prefs and turned off the In Recipients list and Full name options.

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Oct 22, 2006 4:14 PM in response to Nigel-66

When you say Recipients List, do you mean my Inbox?

Did you actually read my first post?

I've gone into prefs and turned off the In Recipients list
and Full name options.

I have no idea what are you talking about here.

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Nigel-66 Author

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Oct 23, 2006 1:49 AM in response to David Gimeno Gost

Okay, found previous recipients list. If I remove from this list that will work yes?

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Answer 9

Oct 23, 2006 4:55 AM in response to Nigel-66

If you go to Preferences > Junk Mail, you'll see that senders in your Previous Recipients list are excluded from junk filtering by default. So, yes, you should remove any spammer from that list if you want its junk to be treated as such by Mail.

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