Dear Users, please advise if i have setup this software correctly. I am using multiple POP3 Accounts for 3 different domains in my outlook 365 for mac.
I have followed the basic instructions i.e installing scripts etc. on 2nd step , I created the folder “On my computer”-“inbox”-“inboxspamsieve” and in rules settings, I have set like as below:-
First I created the main rule as per help instructions, this rule is as below:-
Rule Name = inboxSpamSieve(inbox)
When a new message arrives:
Folder is inbox(on my computer)
Do the following
Move Message = inboxSpamSieve(on my computer)
Second Rule is distribute the domain emails to specific folder names
Rule Name = ABC-inbox
When a new message arrives:
Any To Recipient is Folder is "rob@abc.com"
Any To Recipient is Folder is "sam@abc.com"
Any To Recipient is Folder is "garry@abc.com"
Do the following
Move Message = ABC-inbox (on my computer)
Will this rule work as above ? Will it filter main inbox and then from main inbox, it filter again by distributing emails to specific folder.
What i want is first Spamsieve should check all mails coming in my main inbox folder which is inbox(on my computer) and if mail is junk, send to junk folder and if safe, keep it in main Inbox folder and after that second rules applies which distribute the emails coming from 3 different domain emails i.e. info@abc.com, info@123.com and info@xyz.com to send emails into three different inbox subfolders which are ABC-Inbox, 123-Inbox and XYZ-inbox.
How can I setup one InboxSpamSieve folder and after SpamSieve has done its thing, more the mails to their associated folders ?
Is there an alternative way to solve this problem ?
I was hoping that SpamSieve would work in realtime when emails are coming in and before filters are applied to them to sort them out into the right folders.
Unfortunately, there’s no automated means to have Outlook apply its rules later (after the messages have already been received).
One idea I had is that you could set up your rules to move the messages to InboxSpamSieveBanana, InboxSpamSievePlum, etc. And then SpamSieve would scan these folders as well, and move the good messages to Banana, Plum, etc. Would that be useful to you?
This is how SpamSieve worked with previous versions of Outlook (and the way it works with other mail clients), but unfortunately the current version of Outlook removed the ability to do that.
One idea I had is that you could set up your rules to move the messages to InboxSpamSieveBanana, InboxSpamSievePlum, etc. And then SpamSieve would scan these folders as well, and move the good messages to Banana, Plum, etc. Would that be useful to you?
Yes, that would definitely be useful. Could you kindly give me instructions on how to setup the folders in Outlook. Is it that SpamSieve scans all folders that start with the name InboxSpamSieve(xyz), where xyz is the name of the folder (in the same location as the in-boxes) where the good mail will be moved to. The bad mail will be moved to the common spam folder in Outlook. Is that correct ?
This is how SpamSieve worked with previous versions of Outlook (and the way it works with other mail clients), but unfortunately the current version of Outlook removed the ability to do that.
I understand. Out of interest, which mail client do you think is the best after Outlook ? I am on the Apple platform, they have their own mail client which may be quite good, never tried it.
I wanted to ask, if a good email ends up in the spam folder from one of my 3 domains or their associated InboxSmapSieve(domain name) folders, when I teach SpamSieve that it is not spam will that email be returned into the correct final inbox e.g. Banana, Plum or Peach ?
I also have a personal gmail account under POP, so can I do the same for my gmail account ? - So InboxSpamSieve(Gmail) for SpamSieve to check and then all good email will end up in a folder called “Gmail”.
I have set-up the InboxSpamSieveXYZ folders where XYX is the name of the folder that defines the domain.
I changed the Rules in Outlook to move the mail in the relevant InboxSpamSieveXYZ folders as per your instructions.
SpamSieve is not moving good mail mail to the associated XYZ folders - all in-coming email remain in the respective InboxSpamSieveXYZ folders. Any idea why ?
Just to let you know that even when I go to the InboxSpamSieveBanana folder, click on a good mail and train SpamSieve to treat it as a good email, it does not get moved to the Banana folder.
Is this a misunderstanding on my part ? - I’m under the impression that “InboxSpamSieveXYZ” folders are only there to hold emails temporarily for SpamSieve to process them.
Sorry for the multiple messages Michael but I just read the manual again and have confirmed that the InboxSpamSieve(XYZ) folders need to be under “On My Computer” - so that has been confirmed.
The InboxSpamSieveXYZ feature is not implemented yet. In the earlier post, I was asking whether you thought this would be a good approach—you do, so I will work on it. Sorry for not being clear.
Right, you should never train a message in an InboxSpamSieve folder. Wait until it has either moved them to another good folder or to Junk.
Hi Michael, it seems to be working but the problem I have is that once the relevant InboxSpamsieveXYZ folder is checked, instead of moving the good mail to XYZ folder it moves it to the inbox folder - why is that the case ?
It will use the inbox if it can’t find the XYZ folder. There may be more information about what happened in the Console log if you search for “Outlook Filter Mailboxes”.
Please make sure that you launch Console and do the search (with your Mac selected at the left under Devices) first, so that it’s already ready be before the error message would be logged.