Difference between revisions of "Eudora 5 for Windows Filtering"

Revision as of 16:20, 28 July 2007

Standard filtering

1. Clicking on the Start button, go to Programs, then Eudora, and select Eudora Lite.
2. Click Tools and select Filters.

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3. Click on New.

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4. For this example, check the Incoming box.
5. Choose From: from the drop-down menu next to Header:.
6. In the drop-down menu directly under Header:, choose contains.
7. In the box next to contains, enter the email address (or part) that you're trying to filter. We've used unwanted@spam.com.

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8. In the Action box, choose what you want to do with the filtered email. In this case, choose Server Options.

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9. Check the Delete box.
10. Click the X in the upper right-hand corner to close the window.

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This example created a filter that looks for unwanted@spam.com in the From: line of an email. If it finds a message with unwanted@spam.com in the From: line, it will then delete it.

SpamAssasin Filter

1. Click on Tools and select Filters.
2. Click on New to create a new filter.
3. The fields on the right should be filled out as follows:

   Header: "X-Spam-Flag:" (without quotes)

   appears

   ignore

4. Beneath Action, choose what you'd like to do with the message from the drop-down menu. To move it to another folder, select Transfer To.
5. Next to your selected action, a field for additional information will be activated. In the case of discarding the message, select Trash

from the menu.

1. Click on the x at the top/right of the Filters window.
2. Click Yes when asked if you'd like to save changes.

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