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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: jackb79 on Feb 23, '06 08:22:53AM

Wouldn't it be eaiser to set up a rule un mail saying

if mail is junk

then forward to spam@uce.gov

why create an applescript? the tools are within mail itself



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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: spidermann on Feb 23, '06 08:28:19AM

did that years ago and has worked fine every time. no need for the long script and extra steps. Mail just does it.



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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: spidermann on Feb 23, '06 08:29:35AM

forgot this part...

the difference on mine is that I set it to redirect, so it appears that the spammers are spamming the FTC.

;)



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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: hirandy on Feb 23, '06 10:33:21AM

One problem with using Mail rule tools is that there's no subjective selectivity -- unless your junk filters are perfect, you may cause problems for somebody.

I forward most junk to another address for a different reason (not the FCC) by occasionally selecting what I want and moving them to a folder with forwarding actions.



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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: blgrace on Apr 10, '06 07:41:14PM

How do you set up a folder in mail with forwarding actions?



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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: TigerKR on Feb 27, '06 10:39:17AM

Some of the mail that ends up in my junk folder is not-junk. Some of the mail that ends up in my InBox is junk. While Mail.app is usually 99% accurate, it does have false positives and false negatives. Therefore, I don't want to send not-spam to the 'spam@gov' address.



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