Does the Spam Filter order matter?
Yes, it may make a difference. The SPAM filters are handled in order. In other words, if you have three filters, one for SPAM deletion, one for accepting e-mail from a specific person, and one for rejecting Pornography, the message first gets tested by the SPAM deletion. It then gets tested by the e-mail test, and then the Pornography test. The first filter in the list that matches will be handled. It the filter chooses not to handle the message (it doesn’t “Accept”, “Reject” or put it in a different folder), the message will be passed to the next filter. This order is extremely important, as it can alter how your e-mail box receives e-mail. The first in the list is run first, and so on. This could mean that under the example order of filters above you may receive a pornographic email if it’s sent from someone on your list of email’ that you accept email from.
