5.6.2 Spam Message Colors in Apple Mail

I’m trying to delete the BLUE messages as described in section 5.6.2 of the manual. However, it just doesn’t work. All my spam messages still go to the spam folder and none of them go to the trash. Any tips that don’t appear in the manual?

Please post some screenshots showing the rules that you created as well as the rule list. That should help find where the problem is.

Thank you, Mike. It was my error. On my giant display, I couldn’t see that I had inadvertently typed in a curly bracket rather than square. That will teach me to type too quickly and not wear glasses. Now everything is working perfectly.