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Setting up filters in Eudora

These instructions are for Eudora 3.* Lite or Pro
If you don't have the latest version
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The first step is creating a place to put the junk mail or SPAM.
  1. Start Eudora
  2. Click on Mailbox and then on New
  3. Give the box a name. I just call mine SPAM
  4. Do Not check the make it a folder box
  5. Click OK
Now you have a place to put the garbage! Next we will make a filter.
  1. Now click on Tools
  2. Now on Filters, It will bring up a window like the one below.
  3. Click on New
Follow the instructions below the graphic to continue.

Eudora Filter Window


Now we will create a filter that will send any mail from cyberpromo.com to the SPAM mailbox. They are one of the biggest senders of junk mail.

  1. Click on the arrow next to the 1st header field and select From:
  2. Leave the next field for Contains alone
  3. In the field to the right of Contains type in cyberpromo.com
  4. Go to the Actions boxes in the bottom half of the window and click on the pull down menu of the first one
  5. Near the bottom you will see transfer to. Click on it.
  6. Click the box to the right of it and select the SPAM mailbox
  7. Now click on the little icon nest to the word Filters on the menu bar, select close, and tell it yes to save.


Well, that's one! The next one you should make is for savetrees.com. As you saw in the pull down menus there are many options you can select at from, to, subject, body and so on. You do want to take care in some of these. Don't make a filter for aol.com just because you got junk mail from someone there. It you do, all mail you get from aol will end up in your SPAM box.

There is a site at http://www.csn.net/~felbel/jmemail.html that has much info on filters and noted spam domains. Give it a look. It may help your head from hurting so bad when you start your email and get a flood of junk.

Remember ... You can't stop them from sending it (I even get it to support@rio.com) but you don't have to read it!


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