Ian Skinner wrote: > Thanks, but that is definitely overkill. I'm looking for a solution > for my personal email I get through my ISP, SBC-Global. I'm just a > code monkey; I don't host my own systems. If it is simple enough, I > could consider my own mail server, but I have no idea even where to > start on an idea like that.
No worries. Like I said, I didn't know if this was a handful of addresses or what. > Otherwise, I'm looking for more advance tips on working with an ISP > and my mail client. For example, is there a way to get Thunderbird > or another common, easy to use mail client to down load just the > headers, before downloading the rest of the message? Thus I can > ignore a great deal of the unwanted mail. Does your ISP support IMAP? Based on what you've said about the web access and the junkmail folder, I suspect they do. You should talk to their tech support about that or look it up on their website. > This could be ideal; if I could do this with the Junk folder my ISP > creates when I use their spam tool. Allowing me to quickly find the > false positives with my e-mail client rather then the clunky web > interface. IMAP should let you take care of that. In theory, anyway. Of course, the only difference between theory and reality is that, in theory, there is no difference. :-) HTH. --Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161310 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
