Bob Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > use squirrel mail as a way of not downloading stuff I don't want. > I look into my 2 email accounts (different isp's) and "select all" > then I uncheck the ones I want, then I hit the delete button. That > way I get rid of 80% of what is in my inbox on the server without > ever downloading it.
If you could download the first 3-4K of each message without expanding your bandwidth too much, all this filtering process could be automated by SpamSieve. I have the experience of using it daily for years now: - Powermail downloads only 3K of each mail - SpamSieve filters 99% of the spams (for the recent years it keeps statistics: 62000 spams, 4000 good messages) - with a single macro I then delete all identified spams "titles" on the mac - then I reconnect Powermail: as it is set to "delete on server what has been locally deleted", all spams are erased on the server, without downloading anything more - generally all is finished here, as most of my mails are less than 3K - if some good ones are more than 3 K, I specifically download them entierely (again with a single local menu command) with Powermail. (This has the additional advantage that you can leave on the server a really big good email if your download bandwidth is temporarily exceeded) I agree, this may look complicated, but once set it flies, and above all, the manual process of filtering is eliminated, which to me at least is invaluable. And, you still download almost no spam volume. Don't hesitate to contact me if you want more detail (note my annouced email in this post is to be corrected) Hervé -- remove ".listes" and add a dot after fh please enlevez ".listes" et ajoutez un point après fh
