Setting up spam filters with Netscape


These instructions assume that Netscape Messenger has already been installed and configured to check your e-mail.

Creating Mail Filters with Netscape Messenger

Open Communicator
Open Messanger Mailbox
Click on Edit
Click on Mail Filters
Click New

Type the name of the filter in the Filter Name line

At this point you must select what you want the filter to do and who you want it to do it to.
There are numerous options available to you.

Here are some filter profiles that will help keep the amount of junk email you have to look through to a minimum.
Words in bold are the setting you want to select.
If the sender of the message is (or contains) senders email address then move to folder Trash

If the sender of the message contains senders email address then Delete
(Deleting mail doesn't send it to the Trash (Recycle Bin). Deleted mail is gone for good)

Here are some other examples:

Netscape Messenger Filter

Netscape Messenger Fil

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