Using Junk Spy with Netscape 4.61

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Overview
  3. Junk Spy Settings for Netscape 4.61
  4. Changing Settings in Netscape
  5. Creating a Filter in Netscape
  6. Take a Look at the User's Guide


Introduction

To effectively intercept your junk mail, Junk Spy works between your email program and your mail server. To make this possible, there are a few settings you will need to change in Netscape so that it retrieves your mail through Junk Spy. The purpose of this document is to walk you through those changes.


Overview

Normally, Netscape contacts your mail server and asks it for your mail. With Junk Spy, Netscape will contact Junk Spy and ask it for your mail. But Junk Spy needs to know where to get that mail, so we will change Netscape to pass that information along too.

There are just three basic steps to get everything running smoothly. You'll:

All of the changes you'll make to your Netscape settings relate to retrieving email. There won't be any other changes to your Netscape configuration.


Junk Spy Settings for Netscape 4.61

The first thing you'll want to do is to start Junk Spy by double clicking on the main program object in the Junk Spy folder.


You'll see that Junk Spy takes up very little space on your desktop.

Now, right click on the Junk Spy message area (the white section under the title bar) to bring up the pop-up menu. Select Settings, then Detector.

On the Detector settings dialog, you want to make a change. So, in the Action section click on the radio button for "Destroy message." Click OK.

Right click on the Junk Spy message area again to bring up the pop-up menu and select Settings, then Post Office. Fill in the name of your mail server in the "Default POP3 mail server" field. If you do not know the name of your incoming mail server, use the following steps to look it up.

  1. Open Netscape.
  2. Open the Messager window.
  3. Select the Edit, then Preferences menu.
  4. Click on the Mail Servers entry in the list.
  5. Select a server entry and click the Edit button.
  6. Copy the information from the Incoming Mail Servers field - this is what goes into the mail server field in Junk Spy's post office settings.

When you are done, leave the Netscape dialog open - we'll need it again. Fill in the mail server information in Junk Spy, then click the OK button and proceed to the next step.


Changing Settings in Netscape

You might already have the Netscape Mail Server section of the Preferences dialog open. If it's not, select the Edit menu, then Preferences, then select Mail Servers, then click the Edit button.

Erase the name of your Server Name and replace it with the name of your computer. If you don't know the name of your computer, use the Junk Spy TCP/IP Wizard.

The dialog should now look like this:

Click on the OK button to save your work. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog. Now when Netscape retrieves mail it will first pass through Junk Spy and its junk mail detection process.


Creating a Netscape Message Filter

Each piece of junk mail that Junk Spy detects is flagged with a special entry in the message header. By using your email program's filtering capability, you can control what happens to those junk messages. You might want to just delete them, for instance, or perhaps save them to a special folder.

In the Messager Window, select the Edit menu, then Message Filters. Click on the New button to create a new filter and:

The dialog should now look similar to this:

Click on the OK button to save your work, then OK again to close the Account Settings dialog.


Take a Look at the User's Guide

Junk Spy's User's Guide is on-line, so it is just a mouse click away. It is a good reference that you should find useful. All of Junk Spy's features and options are covered in the User's Guide.

When you installed Junk Spy, it put a Junk Spy folder on your desktop. You'll find the User's Guide in it in the Documentation folder. You'll also find it's an option on Junk Spy's Help menu.


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