[X4U] Mail Rules sorting

[Mark Des Cotes]

Wow! 400 rules just for deleting SPAM? I don't have a single rule set  
up for that purpose. When I started using Mail I would click on SPAM  
and designate it as Junk so that Mail can learn. I would then delete  
it. Now, my Junk mailbox fills up but my inbox is virtually SPAM  
free. Whenever one does slip in I highlight it and designate it as  
Junk. I check the Junk mailbox from time to time but very rarely find  
a legitimate message wrongly directed there. I've been using Mail on  
this computer for 4 years now and hardly ever see SPAM anymore.

BTW, for the 50 or so Rules I do have set up (mostly for redirecting  
incoming mail to specific mailboxes) I've given them all a specific  
name instead of the assigned number. This allows me to easily find  
whichever Rule I need should I have to edit it.

Mark Des Cotes
Owner-Graphic Designer
Marksman Design

Mailing address:
7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338
Cornwall, Ontario  K6H 7L2
Canada
613-936-6876




On 14-Jan-09, at 6:30 PM, M. Milligan wrote:

> I am using Mail 3.5 on a iMac 2.8GHz, with OS 10.5.6.
>
> I have about 400 rules for deleting SPAM. Has anyone figured out a  
> way to sort the rules numerically, and why do the rules some times  
> want to pick a rule number like 3 over and over again, when it's  
> already reserved?
>
> I thank you for your advice and will go back to lurking. Cheers.
>
> Murray
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> Medicine Hat, AB
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