Hi, Robin, Thanks very much indeed for that lovely clear explanation. Between Pete and you, I might even manage to get it right! Best wishes, Joan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Clayden" <r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:02 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] BT Total BB Spamguard. > Hi Joan, > > The BT Yahoo pages are really quite user friendly now, so hope this is > of some help to you. I'm using jfw 7.0, XP Pro and IE. > > 1: Go to www.bt.yahoo.com > 2: sign in with your user name and pw. > 3:Go to the `mail' link, or list links and hit M until you hear it. > 4: press l for a list of five items, inbox, sent, draft, bulk and trash. > 5: Arrow down to Bulk and hit enter > 6: Hit T for tables and it will land you on a checkbox which says select > or de select all messages, and you will be on the top line of around 25 > bulk messages, so hit space bar to select all these in view. Then you > can use the windows key + down arrow and review this list of junk and > see if there's any genuine ones there. > 7: If they're all junk, hit B and you'll get the delete button. > 8: Alternatively, go back to the list of five folders, and you'll see a > link below the Bulk folder which says empty.... Hit this and your ~Bulk > folder is cleared out. > > Spam Guard setup: > > Follow steps 1,2 3 above, > 4: go to the Options link > 5: go to the spam protection link and enter. > 6: Turn Spam Guard Plus on > 7: work your way down to the setup section and set your filter in the 3 > areas provided. > > You can set your Bulk folder to store junk and it will after one week, > two weeks, or a month, drop them out the bottom so to speak. As long as > you keep a regular check on the bulk folder, this choice is entirely up > to you. I have mine set to one week, and I haven't found any genuine > messages for ages, it does get used to identifying the rubbish in time. > > Secondly, you select what it should do with the bulk message senders, > like, it will put their addie in your block senders list. > > You then set it to put any genuine messages you find in your bulk > folder, to go automatically to your Inbox. > > If you're taking a look at your bulk folder and come across a genuine > message, there's a button which says, Not Spam, so hit this and the > genuine message goes to your inbox. > > Finally, you have a choice of what to do with images within messages. I > have this set to the second option. > > 8: Click the set filter button at the end and it will review your > settings. You can tinker with these in the future if you think it's not > doing the job you want. > > Hope this helps, but as always, shout out if you need more info. > > > Kind regards, > > Robin Clayden, > Edinburgh College of Art, > 74 Lauriston Place, > EDINBURGH EH3 9DF. > > T: +44 0 131 221 6000 > E: r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx > W: http://www.eca.ac.uk=20 > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq