The new update allows developers of filter extensions - like the one built by Truecaller, or Apple’s own SMS filter available in India and Brazil - to classify non-personal messages into 12 subcategories within “Transactions” and “Promotions.” The Transactions category includes Finance, Reminders, Orders, Health, Public Services, Weather, Carrier, Rewards and Others the Promotions category includes Offers, Coupons and Others.ĭuring this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) session, Apple detailed how developers can incorporate these categories into their SMS filters. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s being included in the new update: With this update, the company has signaled that it’s getting serious about streamlining your SMS-based messages. While it’s not perfect, only a few percent of spam get through and only a few messages a day at most are dropped into junk instead of my inbox.Apple has just rolled out the second developer beta for iOS 16, and the first thing that’s caught our eye is revamped message filtering. This has let me tweak the “score” at which I want something marked as spam and at which I want a message deleted without ever reading. I’ve used Fastmail for many years, and they expose some controls for the spam-filtering software they use. ISPs almost always offer one, and provide tools for viewing and managing junk there, sometimes including handling quarantined messages that aren’t even put into your junk folder. I suggest checking with Comcast or any ISP to find their webmail interface.

My Mac 911 correspondent said, however, they couldn’t find any way at Comcast to fix bad spam tagging. Comcast explained changes it’s making to improve on this. One reader noted receiving a message from Comcast stating mail might be inaccurately filtering messages as spam coming from businesses and schools because of the sudden increased volumes during the pandemic. This is a problem if you consistently have bad matching. If you use the Mail app for email managed by any other ISP or other company, the ham/spam marking typically doesn’t improve results: moving items between folders doesn’t signal a change in state. In the Junk mailbox, tap the arrow icon and swipe up to tap Mark as Not Junk.īut all the movement and marking happens only within Apple’s mail system. In iOS and iPadOS, you tap the leftward-pointing arrow beneath a message located anywhere but in the Junk mailbox and swipe up to tap Move to Junk to tag and move it.

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