How can I get Evolution's Spam Filter to Work
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Wed May 30 14:06:46 UTC 2007
On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 19:48 -0400, Robert Locke wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 16:28 -0700, Schlaegel wrote:
> > I recently switched from Thuderbird to evolution. I have since been
> > diligently flagging all of the spam I get, but to no avail.
> >
> > I am simply running the evolution rpms available from fedora.
> >
> > The spam I flag seems to permanently reside in the junk folder, but
> > new spam does not seem to automatically get flagged. Also, there seems
> > to be no way to automatically have the junk folder clean itself out.
> >
> > So, (1) am I missing something to turn on automatic junk/spam
> > filtering, and (2) is there a reason to have evolution keep spam
> > sitting in my junk folder?
> >
> > -Schlaegel
> >
>
> Check under Edit-Preferences/Mail Preferences/Junk Tab/Check incoming
> mail for junk. If you want spamassassin to filter, that needs to be
> checked. Just be forewarned that it does slow down the "retrieval" of
> mail....
>
> --Rob
>
I see no checkbox to say to use spamassassin to filter spam. That is
done when you check: Check incoming mail for junk. But spamassassin is
used. Where did you find it?
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