[X4U] Mail Rules sorting

[Richard H Stoddard]

I rely on SpamSieve to deal with spam, not rules. After training, it 
typically flags spam with an accuracy rate of 99.7% or better. However, 
there is another way to deal with spam if you have a MobileMe account. 
I use aliases when I have to enter an email address online. When an 
address begins to attract spam, I simply delete it and create another 
one. As a result, I now get fewer than one/day.


On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:43:19 -0500, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
> 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
>> snowbound in
>> Medicine Hat, AB
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