How to set up handling unwanted junk and spam mail. Andre Klapper ak-47@gmx.net April Gonzales loonycookie@gmail.com Novell, Inc

Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0

 Junk Mail Settings

Evolution lets you check for unwanted junk or spam emails by using the Bogofilter or SpamAssassin tools. To use these tools, you need to make sure that they are installed via the software management tool of your distribution and you need enable their respective plugins.

Install bogofilter now.

Install spamassassin now.

To enable the plugins:

Click EditPlugins.

Select the plugins you wish to enable. You can select either Bogofilter or SpamAssassin, or both.

Click Close.

The junk mail options discussed in this page refer only to POP and Local Delivery. For handling junk mails on IMAP, see the Evolution settings under EditPreferencesMail AccountsEditReceiving Options.
Junk Mail Preferences

You can modify how Evolution handles junk mail by changing the Junk Mail Preferences:

Click EditPreferences or press ShiftCtrlS.

Select Mail Preferences.

Click on the Junk tab. Here, you can specify the following:

Checking incoming mail for junk messages.

Deleting junk messages upon exit, and how often junk messages are to be deleted.

Checking custom headers for junk.

Marking messages as junk if the sender is in the address book.

The default junk filter.

Bogofilter and SpamAssassin options. These options are available only if the plugins are enabled.