The third group of settings, labeled ' Junk', includes a ' Erase messages in the junk mailbox when' dropdown menu: click on it.Now click on the Mailbox Behaviors tab on the right hand side:.Click on the email account you want to configure (if a single email account is setup, it will automatically be selected).For a work or business email account, however, you will want to make sure that spam is never automatically deleted, to avoid missing emails from prospects (and giving the impression that you are ignoring their emails!).In an email account you use for online forums or 'junk' account when websites insist that you register to view content, you can set Mac Mail to automatically delete perceived spam without a second thought.When the options window opens, select the Accounts tab: Mail lets you keep a separate setting for each email account, which means that when you customize that setting, it needs to be applied to each email account, one after the other, but this is a good thing:.To customize Apple Mail, click on the Mail menu, and choose ' Preferences':.Configure Apple Mail spam deletion settingsįollow these steps to change how Mail handles spam messages in your Junk folder:
