These instructions apply to Thunderbird 2.x. (Thunderbird 3.x is not
compatible.) Please see the Setting Up Thunderbird 1.5 section if you need
to setup an older version of Thunderbird.
- Choose Install Thunderbird Plug-In from SpamSieve’s
SpamSieve menu.
- Launch Thunderbird. Choose Add-ons from the Tools menu.
- Click the Install button in the window that just opened.
Thunderbird will ask you to select a file.
- Click on Desktop, select the SpamSieve Thunderbird
Plug-In.xpi file, and click Open.
- Click the Install now button.
- Quit Thunderbird and re-launch it. If you now go to the
Tools menu and choose Add-ons you should see the SpamSieve
Thunderbird Plug-In listed there. Next to it will be the version of the
plug-in. The current plug-in version is always listed at the bottom of
SpamSieve’s about box. You can now delete the SpamSieve Thunderbird
Plug-In.xpi file from your desktop.
- Choose Account Settings from the Tools menu. For each of
your accounts in the list at the left (plus “Local Folders”), click
on Junk Settings and make sure that:
- Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account
is checked.
- Trust junk mail headers set by is unchecked.
- Move new junk messages to is checked.
- Now proceed to the Do an Initial Training section. To train
SpamSieve with spam messages, select one or more of them and then
choose Message ‣ Mark ‣ As Junk or click the Junk button in
the toolbar. To train SpamSieve with good messages, select one or
more of them and then choose Message ‣ Mark ‣ As Not Junk or
click the Not Junk button in the toolbar.
SpamSieve will process new mail automatically. If you ever need to manually ask
it to sift through a mix of spam and good messages, select the messages and
choose Message ‣ Mark ‣ Run Junk Mail Controls.
The above is all you need to know about using SpamSieve with Thunderbird. The
Customization section explains some more advanced setup options.