6.3.2.1 Move it to the Trash if the spam score is at least

SpamSieve normally moves spam messages to the Junk mailbox. When using the Mail extension setup, the Move it to the Trash if the spam score is at least setting can be used to move certain (more spammy) messages to the Trash mailbox instead. Separating the more spammy messages, which are less likely to be mistakes, from the less spammy ones lets you concentrate your efforts on reviewing the ones in Junk that are closer to the border line. (It’s still a good idea to check that no good messages were caught as spam in the Trash, rather than just emptying it or setting it to auto-delete messages sight unseen.)

For example:

If you set the score to 99, when you train a message as spam, its sender will go on SpamSieve’s blocklist, and future messages from the same name or address will go directly to the Trash. You can also make your own blocklist rules to match the messages that you consider to be the most spammy.
If you set the score to 50, SpamSieve will move all the spam messages to the Trash instead of to the Junk mailbox.
To move particular colors (i.e. spam levels) of messages to the Trash, set the score to: 99 (blue), 95 (gray), 88 (purple), 81 (red), 75 (orange), 50 (yellow). These numbers are also shown in the tooltips for the colors in the Settings window.
If you only want messages from a certain sender (i.e. not all messages matching the blocklist) to go to the Trash, you can create a rule in Mail’s Settings to do this. It should be above the SpamSieve rules (if any). These messages will bypass SpamSieve completely, so it cannot protect you if your rule accidentally matches a good message.

Server Junk Filters

The Move it to the Trash if the spam score is at least feature only applies to messages filtered by SpamSieve. If a server junk filter moves a spam message to the Junk mailbox before it gets to your Mac, SpamSieve normally would not see the message, so it would stay in the Junk mailbox (not move to the Trash) no matter what the spam score would have been. If you want SpamSieve to refilter message that were already caught by a server junk filter, please see the Rescuing Good Messages Caught By a Server Filter section of the manual.

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