Mike Carter said,
> Would it be possible to filter out collection (and just delete) mail
> on server side. So I don't have to download mail be me on a mailing
> list because I already know what I wrote!
There's two ways of dealing with this. The first is to change your
settings on each mailing list to not send your own mails. not all
listservs support this.
The second is to set up a server side filter, if your ISP supports
them. These are really cool and can filter out spam as well, saving
you downloading the trash.
Filtering mail headers while downloading (ala Poppy) is grossly
inefficient because of the way POP3 works and you would end up
downloading more this way than if you simply accepted all mail. This
is because you cannot download the body of a mail only, so for most
mails you get the headers, scan them then get the headers again when
you download the mail. since headers can account for 30% of the total
size of a mail, you'll see that this method uses more bandwidth than
you save by skipping a few mails.
Neil
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