Well, what I have briefly learned about IMAP does sound like a good feature that could do what I want, if my ISP (SBC Global) supported it. Unfortunately it does not so, unless I change ISP it does not help me. Might have to look into that.
-------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 2:54 PM ....To: CF-Community ....Subject: Re: Alternates for client side spam filtering for the non- ....hardware savvy .... ....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 .... .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161321 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
