Although not the most effective way of blocking mail from spammers, this feature gives users a sense of control. Design Details A. Prefill Filter 1. The Filter Rules dialog has focus. The window is prefilled with information from the message. If a filter with that name already exists, the email address is appended with a number to make it unique.
Users can add or change conditions as desired.
The then user selects an Action to be associated with this filter. The user clicks OK on the Filter Rules dialog and it closes. The Message Filters dialog now has focus and the newly created filter is displayed and selected in the list box. This will show users their filter was successfully created and is enabled. It will also hopefully educate users about what dialog they can return to if they want to change the filter, and what dialog to use to create a new filter by themselves.