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Old 29 Oct 2018, 10:32 PM   #9
somdcomputerguy
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Originally Posted by xyzzy View Post
I realize marking as not spam is what training the spam filters (or making stuff not in the spam box as spam). But it's not been clear to me about marking the spam that's already in the spam box when you empty it. The stuff was given a spam score and that's what got it filtered into the spam box in the first place. So when I empty the spam box (or it gets auto emptied) why would that "mark" them as spam again?
I think what was meant was to make sure that non-spam in your Spam folder is marked as not spam before you delete it if you don't want it.
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