Lion Mail: Junk Mail preferences
Use Junk Mail preferences to set options for turning on the junk mail filter and for managing junk mail messages that you receive.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable junk mail filtering | Turn the junk mail filter on or off. |
| Mark as junk mail, but leave it in my Inbox | Highlight junk mail with color and leave it in your Inbox. These messages contain a banner that lets you confirm whether the message is junk. This setting is useful if you want to monitor what Mail considers to be junk mail. |
| Move it to the Junk mailbox | Move any message that Mail identifies as junk to the Junk mailbox immediately upon receipt. This setting is useful when you are confident that Mail is correctly identifying messages as junk and you don't want junk messages mixed in with legitimate messages. |
| Perform custom actions | Refine the junk mail filter by adding conditions to help identify junk mail, and actions such as deleting or redirecting junk mail messages. |
| The following types of messages are exempt from junk mail filtering | Specify messages you want to exclude from the junk mail filter. Typically, you know senders who are in your address book, that you’ve already corresponded with, or who use your full name, so it’s unlikely their messages are junk mail. |
| Trust junk mail headers in messages | Indicate you want to use any junk mail detection already present in messages you receive. Mail uses the existing junk mail detection to more accurately identify junk messages. |
| Filter junk mail before applying my rules | Specify that the junk mail filter should run before any rules that you created using the Rules pane in preferences. This option ensures that all messages, even those that your rules might move, are evaluated by the junk filter. |
| Reset | Restore the default criteria for identifying junk mail. Use this option only if Mail no longer flags and excludes junk messages as you expect, or if you’re not directly receiving legitimate messages. Resetting the junk mail filter removes everything that Mail has learned about what you consider to be junk mail. |
| Advanced | Display a pane for setting conditions and actions for identifying junk mail. This option is available only when you choose to perform custom actions. |