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8.1.1   Checking the Apple Mail Setup

  1. If you do not see the SpamSieve training commands in Mail’s Message menu, choose Install Apple Mail Plug-In from the SpamSieve menu. If that doesn’t help, open the Console application and check the All Messages section for any error messages from Mail.
  2. Go to the Junk pane of Mail’s Preferences window and make sure that Enable junk mail filtering is unchecked.
  3. Go to the Rules pane of Mail’s Preferences window and make sure that you’ve created a rule like the one shown in the Setting Up Apple Mail section:
    • Make sure there is a check mark next to the SpamSieve rule, indicating that it’s active.
    • Make sure that the rule’s name starts with SpamSieve.
    • Make sure that the rule’s conditions Every Message.
    • Drag the SpamSieve rule to the top of the list, if it isn’t there already.
    • Make sure there are no other rules that move messages to the Spam mailbox.

To test that the rule works:

  1. Select a spam message in Mail.

  2. Choose SpamSieve - Train as Spam from the Message menu to tell SpamSieve that it is spam.

  3. Drag the message to your inbox and select it again.

  4. Choose Apply Rules from the Message menu.

    Note: This will also apply your other Mail rules.

If the message moved to the spam mailbox after Step 4, the rule worked. SpamSieve will be able to catch other messages like this if it’s properly configured and trained.

If the message did not move to the spam mailbox, there is some other problem with Mail or SpamSieve. Please contact technical support and explain what happened when you followed these instructions.

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