Spam going into Junk folder

SpamSieve
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I use SpamSieve on my iMac at home and Mac Mini at my office. No problems, works fine. I recently, installed it on my MacBook Pro and for the past week, all spam is going into my regular Junk folder in Apple Mail; nothing is going into the Spam (SpamSieve) folder that was set up. I’ve installed it correctly; I can’t find where I went wrong if I didn’t. I’ve had no problems with it on my other 2 Macs. Any ideas what is going on.

FYI, SpamSieve v2.9.17. Apple Mail plug-in is installed, Mail junk mail filtering is disabled, Spam folder and rule properly created.

Thanks,
Marcus

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It sounds like either:

  • You have a server junk filter that’s moving the messages; or
  • Your mailbox is called Spam but Mail is treating it as the special Junk mailbox; you can fix this by making a new Junk mailbox using the Mailbox > Use This Mailbox As > Junk Mailbox command.
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Thanks for the heads-up Michael. It’s not a server junk filter but upon closer inspection, I noticed all of the spam belongs to my Gmail account and showing up in the Junk folder for that account only. Would you know how to solve this?

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How do you know it’s not Gmail moving the messages? Have you tried changing the SpamSieve rule to use a different mailbox?

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Michael:

I have the same Gmail accounts on my other Macs and all Spam goes into the SpamSieve Spam folder.

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It really sounds to me like this is a display issue. Did you try using the “Use This Mailbox As” command as I suggested?

Also, which of the multiple-Mac setups are you using?