What is a Mail Assistant? (Juno 5.0)

A Mail Assistant is a powerful feature of Juno 5.0 that you can use to automatically organize your email messages. You can filter out junk mail, block certain senders, and automatically move or copy messages you send or receive into the folders you specify. For example, you can create Mail Assistant Settings to automate the following tasks:

• Move all mail you receive from your friend John into your "Friends" folder.
• Play a sound when you receive mail from your Mom.
• Delete messages you receive that contain the phrase "MAKE MONEY FAST."
• File a copy of all mail you send to your Grandmother in your "Family" folder.

To create a Mail Assistant:

1. From the Options menu, select Mail Assistants.
2. Click on the New Assistant button in the window that appears.
3. In the New Mail Assistant box, a decision has to be made on whether the Mail Assistant applies to mails that are received or sent. Following the text, When I, you have the following options:
   1. Click get to apply your Mail Assistant to mail that you receive from other people.
   2. Click send to apply your Mail Assistant to mail that you send to other people.
4. Decide how many Mail Assistant conditions need to be met in a message. Following the text, and, you have the following options:
   1. Click all to make sure that all conditions are present in the message before the action is performed.
   2. Click any to make sure that at least one of the conditions is present in the message before the action is performed.
5. Click on the drop-down box [select a condition type] to select the condition and then type (or choose) the appropriate values in the box that appears below it. To add another condition, click on the Add Another Condition button. To remove a condition, select the condition from the condition list and then click on the Remove Condition button.
6. Click on the drop-down box under ...do this to select an action and then type (or choose) the appropriate values in the box that appears below it. To add another action, click on the Add Another Action button. To remove an action, select the action from the action list and then click on the Remove Action button.
7. Select the check box next to Continue applying my other Mail Assistants after this one executes to enable other Mail Assistants to run after the current one is done. Clear this check box if you want this Mail Assistant to be the last Assistant that is applied to your messages.
8. In the Mail assistant's name: box, type a descriptive name for the Mail Assistant. For example, 'Junk Mail Remover.'
9. Click OK.