Setting Up Mail Rules

Netscape 6.X Mail

  1. Start Netscape Mail
  2. From the menubar, select Edit, then select "Message Filters".
  3. When the Message Filters dialog box appears, click "New"
  4. When the Filter Rules dialog appears, In the "Filter Name" box, name the filter spam or junkmail.
  5. Click the button labeled "match ALL of the following".
  6. The middle box should read "the "Subject" of the message "Contains". If not, select "Subject" and "Contains" from their respective lists and type:

    (SPAM)

    in the text box to the right of "Contains".

  7. In the next section, select "Move to folder", then click on the "New Folder" button on the extreme right
  8. In the "New Folder" Box, name the folder spam or junkmail or whatever you please.
  9. In the lower box (Create as a subfolder of) select "Local Mail".
  10. Click "OK"
  11. In the description box, type "junk mail filter".
  12. Click "OK"
  13. You're now back to the main Message Filters dialog. The new filter you just created should be listed, and marked with a check mark.
  14. Click OK to close the Message Filters dialog.
  15. Your mail rule setup is complete.