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Old 26 Mar 2016, 06:33 AM   #5
ChinaLamb
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Originally Posted by Stiletto View Post
Hey all.

Just started redirecting another email address to my Fastmail account.It receives a lot of spam.

Stupid question: When I mark things as junk and they get moved to my Junk Mail folder, how long do I need to keep them there until the spam filter "learns" that I think they're junk and moves things like them there in the future? Is it instantaneous, or is it queued up and later batched for processing? So if I manually clear the Junk Mail folder daily or twice-daily, will it never be "learned"?

Thanks.
Supposed to scan 1x every 24 hours...

Clear the messages after 2 days and you'll be fine.
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