How to Set up Email Filters and Junk Filters in Thunderbird

Set up Email Filters and Junk Filters in Thunderbird

Using Thunderbird as your e-mail client can greatly reduce the amount of Junk E-mail that reaches your Inbox. While it cannot prevent all junk mail, the filter gets better over time as it learns what is junk and what is not.

The instructions below will help you setup Thunderbird's built in Junk mail filter

1. In Thunderbird, click on Tools and choose Account Settings.
2. Click on Junk Setting.
3. Place a check mark in each of the boxes. Make sure to trust junk mail headers from Spam Assassin. You can change how long before Thunderbird deletes messages.
   
4. Press OK to finish.

Thunderbird will place this flame icon next to all messages that it believes to be Spam.