8.1.6   Checking the Thunderbird Setup

The Setting up Thunderbird section describes how to set up Thunderbird to filter your mail using SpamSieve.

1. Make sure that Do not mark mail as junk if the sender is in… is not checked.
2. Make sure that Trust junk mail headers set by… is not checked.

To test that the setup works:

1. Select a spam message in Thunderbird.
2. Choose Mark ‣ As Junk from the Message menu.
3. Drag the message to your inbox and select it again.
4. Choose Mark ‣ Run Junk Mail Controls from the Message menu.

If the message moved to the junk mailbox after Step 4, the setup is correct. 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 junk mailbox, there is some other problem with Thunderbird or SpamSieve. Please contact technical support and explain what happened when you followed these instructions.