Noob questions

[Michael_Tsai]

@Plazman

I’m want to confirm that messages in my Junk folder were put there by SpamSieve. Am I right in assuming that’s what the grayish color indicates?

Yes, there are different background colors depending on how spammy it thinks the message is. You can also look for the message in the Log window.

@Plazman

I primarily use two Macs, one at home and one at work. The thing is, I don’t usually have either of them running 24 hrs. a day. Since SP is running on the local client, does that mean I have to have it running at all times? I read the bit about having it on two Macs. Couldn’t SP store the training data on my iCloud Drive and share it with other copies running on other machines?

iCloud Drive is not suitable for doing that. There’s some more discussion of that here.

@Plazman

What’s the difference between the Extension and Plugin. I read the description, but I’m not clear on why there’s two choices and which I should use.

On macOS 11 and earlier, Apple Mail only supported plug-ins. On macOS 14 and later it only supports extensions. On macOS 12 and 13 it supports both, so you have a choice. If you have macOS 13 or later I recommend using the extension setup.