How can I get Evolution's Spam Filter to Work

[Robert Locke]

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 16:28 -0700, Schlaegel wrote:
> I recently switched from Thuderbird to evolution. I have since been
> diligently flagging all of the spam I get, but to no avail.
> 
> I am simply running the evolution rpms available from fedora.
> 
> The spam I flag seems to permanently reside in the junk folder, but
> new spam does not seem to automatically get flagged. Also, there seems
> to be no way to automatically have the junk folder clean itself out.
> 
> So, (1) am I missing something to turn on automatic junk/spam
> filtering, and (2) is there a reason to have evolution keep spam
> sitting in my junk folder?
> 
> -Schlaegel
> 

Check under Edit-Preferences/Mail Preferences/Junk Tab/Check incoming
mail for junk.  If you want spamassassin to filter, that needs to be
checked.  Just be forewarned that it does slow down the "retrieval" of
mail....

--Rob