Jun 19, 2008

Using Junk Mail Controls

Mozilla’s Junk Mail Controls feature can evaluate your incoming messages and identify possible junk (or unsolicited) messages. The feature uses the Bayesian classification method, which requires that you first train Mozilla by showing it a bunch of mail that is junk, and a bunch of mail that is not.Then, you let it auto-classify new mail for you. If Mozilla makes any mistakes, you can correct them.

Do not be alarmed if the feature appears to do nothing when you first use it; the system will become very accurate if you use it often enough.

To use Junk Mail Controls:

+First, train Mozilla to recognize Junk messages and Non-Junk messages. There are three ways to toggle junk status of the selected message(s):

+Open the Tools menu, and choose Mark Selected Messages or Mark Selected Messages as Not Junk.

+Click on the Junk toolbar button.

Click to toggle the Junk Status column in the message list. (If you do not see it, click the right-most button in the list header bar and select Junk Status from the pop-up menu.)

+When you toggle junk status, a trash-can icon will appear or disappear in the Junk status column to indicate the junk status of the selected message.

+Open the Tools menu and choose Junk Mail Controls.... Enable the feature for your mail account, and Mozilla will automatically classify incoming messages.

+If you have trained it on virus mail, consider disabling the white listing (many mail viruses send bulk messages to people in the address book of the infected computer). Watch it catch messages that might contain a virus (e.g. klez)

+Make sure to correct the Junk control when it incorrectly labels messages either as junk or not junk.

+To analyze existing messages, select messages, open the Tools menu and choose Run Junk Mail Controls.

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