• Create a filter
• Create a whitelist
• Create a blacklist

To create a filter:

1. Open your Web browser and go to: mail.bc.edu
   
   
2. Enter your BC username and password, select the deluxe skin, and then click SIGN IN (see Figure 1).
   
   Figure 1.
   
   
3. In the upper-right of WebMail, click Preferences (see Figure 2).
   
   Figure 2.
   
   
4. Click Filters (see Figure 3):
   
   Figure 3.
   

Whitelists ensure that messages from certain email addresses enter the Inbox and not the Junk folder. To create a whitelist:

1. In the Filter Name box, enter a name for the filter (For example: "okaylist"), and then click Create Filter (See Figure 4). Your newly created filter now appears below the Filter Name box.
   
   Figure 4.
   
   
2. Next to the filter name, from the Priority drop-down list, select 8, and then click Update (see Figure 5).
   
   Figure 5.
   
   
3. Next to the filter name, click Edit (see Figure 6).
   
   Figure 6.
   
   
4. Under the For Incoming Messages heading, do the following (see Figure 7):
   1. From the first drop-down list, select From.
   2. From the second drop-down list, select is.
   3. In the text box, enter the email address you want to go to your Inbox (and not your Junk folder). For example: myfriend@example.com
      Note: You may use asterisks as wildcard characters. For example, "*@example.com" would apply to any email address at example.com.
   4. Click Update.
      Figure 7.
      
      
5. To add more than one email address to your "okaylist": In Step 8, from the second drop-down list, select "in" instead of "is" and put a comma between email addresses, leaving no space between addresses. For example: jim@friend.net,*@theirdomain.com,goodfriend@goodplace.org
   
   - OR -
   
   Create a new rule (with a diffferent name) for each email address by repeating Steps 5 - 8. Note: The new rule does not need a different priority.
   
   
6. Under the Set the Action heading, do the following (see Figure 8):
   1. From the first drop-down list, select Store in.
   2. In the text box, type: Inbox
   3. Click Update.
      This sets up your filter to move messages from the email address you specified to your Inbox.
      Figure 8.
      
      
7. From the drop-down list below the Store in drop-down list, select Discard, and then click Update (see Figure 9). This removes the message from your Junk folder, so that it is only stored in your Inbox.
   
   Figure 9.

A blacklist is the opposite of a whitelist: it ensures that messages from certain email addresses go straight to the Junk folder. To create a blacklist:

1. In the Filter Name box, enter a name for the filter (For example: "badlist"), and then click Create Filter (see Figure 4). Your newly created filter now appears below the Filter Name box.
   
   Figure 4.
   
   
2. Next to the filter name, click Edit (see Figure 5).
   
   Figure 5.
   
   
3. Under the For Incoming Messages heading, do the following (see Figure 6):
   • From the first drop-down list, select From.
   • From the second drop-down list, select is.
   • In the text box, enter the email address you want to go to your Junk folder (and not your Inbox). For example: badperson@example.com
     Note: You may use asterisks as wildcard characters. For example, "*@example.com" would apply to any email address at example.com.
   • Click Update.
   
   Figure 6.
   
   
4. To add more than one email address to your "badlist": In Step 7, from the second drop-down list, select "in" instead of "is" and put a comma between email addresses, leaving no space between addresses. For example: jim@bad.net,*@theirdomain.com,annoying@spammy.org
   
   - OR -
   
   Create a new rule (with a diffferent name) for each email address by repeating Steps 5 - 7. Note: The new rule does not need a different priority.
   
   
5. Under the Set the Action heading, do the following (see Figure 7):
   • From the first drop-down list, select Store in.
   • In the text box, type: Junk
   • Click Update.
     This sets up your filter to move messages from the email address you specified to your Junk folder.
   
   Figure 7.
   
   
6. From the drop-down list below the Store in drop-down list, select Discard, and then click Update (see Figure 8). This removes the message from your Inbox, so that it is only stored in your Junk folder.
   
   Figure 8.