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   Stephen Blakley to Doug G   
   Re: Email Personal Address Book   
   18 Mar 05 15:46:58   
   
   From: acemaker@optonline.net   
      
   Doug G wrote:   
   > Stephen Blakley wrote:   
   >   
   >>Doug G wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Stephen Blakley wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>I just now developed a problem with my netscape email.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I have set up, through (In Box); Tools; Junk Mail Controls; I   
   >>>>have selected Enable Junk Mail Controls; Do not mark messages as   
   >>>>junk mail if the sender is in my address book (Personal Address   
   >>>>Book) and Move incoming messages determined to be junk mail to   
   >>>>..(Trash on acemaker@optonline.net) account.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I have done nothing to change these settings, yet, just today,   
   >>>>emails are coming through that ARE NOT part of my personal   
   >>>>address Book.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Can anyone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Many thanks.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Steve   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Nothing is wrong.  If Junk Mail Controls was sending e-mails from   
   >>>addresses in your Personal Address Book to the Trash folder, you'd   
   >>>have a problem.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Something is wrong though Doug.  Before, all mail that I did not want   
   >>(whose address was not in my address book) wound up in the trash   
   >>folder I made.  It worked for a few months and just now stopped.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Try using Tools > Message Filters to make a filter that looks something   
   > like this:   
   >   
   > Filter name: spam   
   >   
   > (*) Match any of the following   
   > Sender        isn't in my address book         Personal Address Book   
   > Sender        isn't in my address book         Collected Addresses   
   > [*] Move to folder       Trash on acemaker@optonline.net   
      
      
   I just did this Doug and I will let you know what happens.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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