sybercorp's Journal: How to train the Thunderbird spam filter VERY EASILY

If you use Mozilla Thunderbird as your email client then chances are you're as upset as I am about the lack of effectiveness with the spam filter. Well, as everyone knows, most spam filters need to be trained. Here is the method that I used to train my spam filter VERY EASILY and without having to sort out anything. The first step I made was the create a new email account (prefferably a free one) that support POP3/SMTP -- I chose GMail. Note: Give it an easy to recognize name. For example, [e-mail]. Step two, is to add your new account to Thunderbird (most email servers' websites will have instructions). Step three, create a Message Filter for your new account and set it to do as follows: 1. Match any of the following 2. [To] [is] [your_new_email_address] 3. [Set Junk Status to] [Junk] 4. [Move Message To] [either a new folder or an existing folder] -- I created a new folder and had it move there. Add any additional steps if you choose to. This automated message filter will train your spam filter VERY EASILY and RAPIDLY provided that you give your NEW email address if/when you have to sign up for something that you KNOW you'll receive spam for. Like, mailing lists, newsletters, etc. Personally, I signed up for as many mailing lists as I could find and gave my new address just so that I got flooded with spam and trained my spam filter as fast as possible. Good luck. Any questions or problems and you can feel free to ask me. -- Jesse