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It would be very nice if Thunderbird would automatically remember e-mail that I mark as junk mail.

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SandreS2k14
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I get so many junk e-mails. Often, T-bird sees most of them as junk and puts them in the junk folder. However, there are many that it does not catch, so I have to create message filters.

Also, T-bird doesn't always remember e-mails that it marked as junk at one time, and leaves them in my inbox; or, it marks e-mails that are not junk as junk, and doesn't remember that I mark these as not junk - all of this makes going through my e-mails a very time-consuming part of my day.

It would make my life so much easier if T-bird would remember e-mails that I mark either as junk or not junk, and handle them accordingly, without the need for me to add message filters constantly.

Maybe it would be easier if T-bird provided a "white list" function which the user could include *only* e-mails that are "approved."

Please feel free to contact me about this issue.

Thanks!

I get so many junk e-mails. Often, T-bird sees most of them as junk and puts them in the junk folder. However, there are many that it does not catch, so I have to create message filters. Also, T-bird doesn't always remember e-mails that it marked as junk at one time, and leaves them in my inbox; or, it marks e-mails that are not junk as junk, and doesn't remember that I mark these as not junk - all of this makes going through my e-mails a very time-consuming part of my day. It would make my life so much easier if T-bird would remember e-mails that I mark either as junk or not junk, and handle them accordingly, without the need for me to add message filters constantly. Maybe it would be easier if T-bird provided a "white list" function which the user could include *only* e-mails that are "approved." Please feel free to contact me about this issue. Thanks!

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finitarry
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You have to keep training it. If you keep on doing that, it gets better and better. Mine does pretty well even though I have it set to download only headers, so it has no body to help with the process, initially.

SandreS2k14
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As I stated in my 2nd paragraph, I have been playing this game for several years now: T-bird often does not remember that I mark an e-mail as junk or not junk, and I frequently have to keep on marking the same e-mails as junk or not junk that I have previously marked.

Thanks for your response; I know Mozilla states that it is an adaptive junk mail filter process, but it sure isn't working that way.

finitarry
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Maybe the training file got corrupted. You could try moving training.dat out of the profile and starting over and see if that works better.

onarock
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i have had this problem for the last few weeks, and the junk is becoming more and more....i like tb and have used it for many years, but i may have to go to my mac mail program.....ughhh

i will try the retraining suggestion and see what happens thanks

k

edward1065
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Is there some reason why some mails identified as Junk go straight to the Junk folder whereas others, marked as junk, nevertheless go into the Inbox?

finitarry
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With each email account, you need to set up junk settings.