User level: Level 1 (4 points)In the mail App, is there a setting/rule which will automatically make Junk emails not flagged? A number of junk items I receive arrive with a Flag applied, which makes identifying true emails which I have flagged very difficult.
Posted on Oct 11, 2026 8:40 AM
User level: Level 10 (244,490 points)Oct 12, 2026 7:12 AM in response to AJ147AJ
You may have accidentally added a rule that flags certain messages, and it isn’t discriminating sufficiently.
Go to Mail Settings in Mac Mail, click on Rules, then click on each Rule and under Perform the Following Actions scroll through the list and see if one has Mark as Flagged as an option.
User level: Level 10 (244,490 points)Oct 11, 2026 6:31 PM in response to AJ147AJ
Email senders have no way to add a flag to a message; flags are an internal function of Apple Mail, so I’m not clear about what you are seeing.
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 12, 2026 6:13 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
Thanks, well I don't know what is happening. A number of emails arrive frequently into junk mail and have red flags already applied against them. The senders must have found a method to do this.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256374219