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Q5. How to set up Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail programs?

Spam Control creates a spam and a phishing folder and filtering rules automatically in Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Windows Mail (in Windows Vista). If you are using the Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail programs, you need to create a spam and a phishing folder and filtering rules manually to filter spam.

Follow these instructions to create folders for spam and phishing e-mail messages, and filtering rules in the Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail programs.

Step 1: Create folders for spam and phishing e-mail messages

To create folders for spam and phishing e-mail messages, do as follows:

1. Select File > New > Folder to create a new folder for spam e-mail messages.
2. Do the following:
   
   1. Enter spam as the new folder name.
   2. From the Create as a subfolder of list, select the directory under which your Inbox is located.
3. Click OK to create the new spam folder.
4. Repeat steps 1- 3 to create a folder to which phishing e-mail messages can be filtered.
5. Check that the new folders were created and are shown under your account.

Step 2: Create spam filtering rule

To filter spam e-mail messages to the spam folder, you need to create a filtering rule in the Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail programs. Before you create a spam filtering rule, make sure the spam folder exists.

To create the spam filtering rule, do the following:

1. Select Tools > Message Filters.
2. Click New. The Filter Rules dialog box opens.
3. Enter spam as the new filter name.
4. Create a new header entry, which is used to filter spam e-mail messages:
   
   1. Select Customize... from the first list.
   2. In the Customize Headers dialog box, enter X-Spam-Flag as the new message header and click Add.
   3. Click OK.
5. Create a rule for moving an e-mail message to the spam folder:
   
   1. From the first list, select X-Spam-Flag.
   2. From the second list, select contains.
   3. In the text box, enter Yes as the text you want to match.
6. Under Perform these actions, do the following:
   
   1. From the first list, select Move message to.
   2. From the second list, select the spam folder you created earlier.
7. Click OK to confirm your new spam filtering rule and to close the Filter Rules dialog box.
8. Close the Message Filters dialog box.

You have now created the spam filtering rule. From now on, spam e-mail messages are filtered to the spam folder.

Step 3: Create phishing filtering rule

To create the phishing filtering rule, do the following:

1. Select Tools > Message Filters.
2. Click New. The Filter Rules dialog box opens.
3. Enter phishing as the new filter name.
4. Create a new header entry, which is used to filter phishing e-mail messages:
   
   1. Select Customize... from the first list.
   2. In the Customize Headers dialog box, enter X-FS-Classification-Phishing as the new message header and click Add.
   3. Click OK.
5. Create a rule for moving an e-mail message to the phishing folder:
   
   1. From the first list, select X-FS-Classification-Phishing.
   2. From the second list, select contains.
   3. In the text box, enter 9 as the text you want to match.
6. Under Perform these actions, do the following:
   
   1. From the first list, select Move message to.
   2. From the second list, select the phishing folder you created earlier.
7. Click OK to confirm your new phishing filtering rule and to close the Filter Rules dialog box.
8. Close the Message Filters dialog box.

You have now created the phishing filtering rule. From now on, phishing e-mail messages are filtered to the phishing folder.