Creating the Spamscreen Folder in Pine

If you have set up Spamscreen filtering for another IMAP-based email program you use for your MIT email, (e.g., Outlook or Eudora used with IMAP), your Spamscreen folder is already set up.

Note: Everyone with an account created on or after October 4, 2004 will have a Spamscreen folder already created on the main server and will not need to complete the following steps.

Create the Folder

Create a folder called "Spamscreen" within your Inbox folder to catch email marked as spam. To do this:

1. Launch Pine.
   
   
2. Highlight the Folder List under the Main Menu.
   
   
   
   
3. Choose MIT Mail in the Collection List.
   Note: Make sure you have chosen your MIT mail server Inbox and not local folders. Normally this will be your first choice in the list.
   
   
   
   
4. Select > to view the existing mailbox structure on the MIT server.
   
   
   
   
5. Select A to add a new folder.
   Result: You will be prompted to name the folder.
   
   
   
   
6. Name the new folder Spamscreen.
   Note: The first - and only the first - letter of Spamscreen should be capitalized.
   
   
7. Hit the Enter/Return key to accept the changes.
   Result: The Spamscreen folder will automatically open with no messages.
   
   
   
   
8. Use < to navigate back to your normal folder list.
   Result: You will now see Spamscreen as a folder. All messages flagged as spam will automatically go into this folder.
   
   
   
   

For more information about spam scoring levels and customizations to your filtering, see Spam Screening at MIT.

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