Re: Junk Mail Controls Documentation

Rob wrote:

> The online help contains this explanation of Junk Mail Controls
> 
>  > Junk Mail Controls runs after mail mail filters and applies
>  > only to the Inbox folder and its sub-folders. Use this to
>  > your advantage, for example, you can filter mail you are sure
>  > not to be Junk to a special folder outside of Inbox so that
>  > the messages will not be classified as Junk (especially
>  > useful if you subscribe to newsletters or if you are on a
>  > moderated mailing list).
> 
> This explanation appears incorrect. Junk Mail Controls in fact also run 
> whenever any folder is opened, resulting in mail previously sorted by 
> message filters being marked as Junk and moved to the Junk folder or 
> deleted, depending on the settings.
> 
> There is an ongoing discussion of whether the current behavior is 
> appropriate or whether there should be some enhancement to the Junk Mail 
> Controls.
> 
> In any event, I think the description above is misleading and should be 
> corrected to match the actual behavior of the Junk Mail Controls.

I am the author of this doc, but I no longer read this newsgroup or have 
time to fix it. Please file a bug at bugzilla.mozilla.org so that other 
interested people can fix this bug.

-- 
Daniel Wang <danielwang(at)mozillanews.org>