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diff --git a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml index 3e806b0ba8..6c29c01025 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-mail-org.sgml @@ -433,7 +433,56 @@ </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> + <example id="filter-example"> + <title>Using a Filter to Avoid Spam</title> + <para> + The majority of bulk mail is tagged with the + <computeroutput>Precedence: Bulk</computeroutput> header at + one point or another. Some of these messages, of course, + could be in mailing lists you've subscribed to, but many of + them are unsolicited commercial email. + </para> + <para> + To catch them and put them all in one place, create a + new filter for incoming mail. Then: + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para> + Set the first part of your search critera to look in a <guilabel>Specific header</guilabel>. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + Enter <userinput>Precedence</userinput> as the name of the header. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + Choose <guilabel>contains</guilabel> at the second drop-down box. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + Enter <userinput>Bulk</userinput> as the content to search for. + You're now working with all email that has the word "Bulk" in the + "Precedence" header. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + For actions, select "Move to Folder" and choose the + folder where you'd like to place bulk mail. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + If you like, add an action and choose <guilabel>Stop + Processing</guilabel> if you'd like this message to be + ignored by all other filters. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para> + Click OK. You're done. + </para></listitem> + </para> + </example> </sect2> + + <sect2 id="filters-edit"> <title>Editing Filters</title> diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog index 63c1785903..7092fb36eb 100644 --- a/help/ChangeLog +++ b/help/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-10-05 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> + + * C/usage-mail-org.sgml: added example to filter bulk mail. + 2001-10-01 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-mail.sgml: missing directory for figure file ref. |